Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Arnco Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Arnco Mills and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Arnco Mills

• 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 Arnco Mills:
  • 33.414837, -84.853548
  • 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 Arnco 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 Coweta County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Coweta County
  • Since Arnco Mills is near Carroll County and also Fulton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton 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 Arnco Mills

Curious and Interesting Names Near Arnco 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.

• Byers Crossroads
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Byers Crossroads is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byers Crossroads
• Cedar Trace
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Cedar Trace is located in Coweta County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Trace
• Dingler Crossroads
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Dingler Crossroads is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dingler Crossroads
• Handy
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Handy is located in Coweta County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handy
• Neal Ferry
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Neal Ferry is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal Ferry
• Raymond
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Raymond is located in Coweta County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
• Redwine
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Redwine is located in Fulton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwine
• Vineyard Crossroads
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Vineyard Crossroads is located in Coweta County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyard Crossroads
• Welcome
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Welcome is located in Coweta County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
• Whispering Pines
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Whispering Pines is located in Coweta County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
• Woodsmoke
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Woodsmoke is located in Coweta County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodsmoke
• Yellow Dirt
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Yellow Dirt is located in Heard County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Dirt

How Far From Arnco 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 Arnco 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 Arnco Mills and extending to:

• Newnan, which is the Seat of Coweta County, lies just to the Southeast.
• Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 35 miles [56.3 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Arnco Mills to Atlanta, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 576 miles [927 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,474 miles [10,418.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,177 miles [11,550.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,055 miles [8,135.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'