Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Banning 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 Banning Mills:
  • 33.526223, -84.924384
  • 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 Banning 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 Carroll County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
  • Since Banning Mills is near Coweta County and also Douglas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Coweta County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas 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 Banning Mills

Curious and Interesting Names Near Banning 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
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Byers Crossroads is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byers Crossroads
• Cross Plains
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Cross Plains is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Plains
• Dingler Crossroads
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Dingler Crossroads is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dingler Crossroads
• Emily ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Emily is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emily
• Fairplay
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Fairplay is located in Douglas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplay
• Hodge ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Hodge is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodge
• Knob Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Knob Hill is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Hill
• Links of Leith
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Links of Leith is located in Douglas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Links of Leith
• Neal Ferry
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Neal Ferry is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal Ferry
• Oak Mountain
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Oak Mountain is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Mountain
• Redwine
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Redwine is located in Fulton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwine

How Far From Banning Mills 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 Banning 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 Banning Mills and extending to:

• Carrollton, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Banning Mills to Carrollton, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 34 miles [54.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take most of two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 574 miles [923.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving 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 6,472 miles [10,415.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,175 miles [11,547 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,053 miles [8,132 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'