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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Twin Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Twin Mills and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Twin Mills:
- 40.573598, -103.126320
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Twin Mills
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Logan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Logan County
- Since Twin Mills is near Washington County and also Morgan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Twin Mills
Curious and Interesting Names Near Twin Mills ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Balzac
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Balzac is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balzac
- Dailey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Dailey is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
- Hayford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hayford is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayford
- Jessica
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Jessica is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessica
- Leroy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Leroy is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
- Leslie ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Leslie is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
- Lone Star ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lone Star is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Rockland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Rockland is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
How Far From Twin Mills to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Twin Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Twin Mills and extending to:
- Sterling, which is the Seat of Logan County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 113 miles [181.9 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Twin Mills to Denver, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,385 miles [2,228.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 55 days and walking would take 79 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,770 miles [10,895.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,531 miles [12,120 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,457 miles [8,782.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Twin Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <3> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Twin Mills to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Twin Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5736, Longitude: -103.1263 In this case, the coordinates for Twin Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 325.219 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 323.599 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.856 degrees. |
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