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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 Allen Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Allen Mill 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 Allen Mill:
- 33.049870, -83.101261
- 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 Allen Mill
- 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 Baldwin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baldwin County
- Since Allen Mill is near Hancock County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Allen Mill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Allen Mill ...
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.
- Deepstep
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Friendship
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Friendship is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Goat Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Goat Town is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goat Town
- Goldens Mill ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Goldens Mill is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldens Mill
- Harpertown ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Harpertown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpertown
- Harrisburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Harrisburg is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Hebron
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hebron is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Mount Pleasant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Sandtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sandtown is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtown
- Tucker Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tucker Ferry is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Ferry
How Far From Allen Mill to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Allen Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Allen Mill once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Allen Mill and extending to:
- Milledgeville, which is the Seat of Baldwin County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 88 miles [141.6 km]<3> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Allen Mill to Atlanta, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 526 miles [846.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,416 miles [10,325.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,112 miles [11,445.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,993 miles [8,035.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Allen Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Allen Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Allen Mill 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 Allen Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0499, Longitude: -83.1013 In this case, the coordinates for Allen Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.478 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.686 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.963 degrees. |
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