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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 Crown Mill Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crown Mill Village 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 Crown Mill Village:
- 34.745914, -84.970778
- 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 Crown Mill Village
- 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 Whitfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Whitfield County
- Since Crown Mill Village is near Murray County and also Walker County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Murray County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Walker 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 Crown Mill Village
Curious and Interesting Names Near Crown Mill Village ...
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.
- Carbondale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Carbondale is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Cedar Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Ridge is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Ridge
- Crow ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crow is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow
- Dawnville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dawnville is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawnville
- Five Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Five Springs is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Springs
- Keiths Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Keiths Mill is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keiths Mill
- Pleasant Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Rocky Face
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Treadwell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Treadwell is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treadwell
- Trickum
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Trickum is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trickum
- Union Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Union Point is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Point
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,845 people
How Far From Crown Mill Village 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 Crown Mill Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Crown Mill Village and extending to:
- Dalton, which is the Seat of Whitfield County, lies just to the North.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 76 miles [122.3 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Crown Mill Village to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>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 523 miles [841.7 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,417 miles [10,327.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,125 miles [11,466.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,002 miles [8,049.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Crown Mill Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Crown Mill Village 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 Crown Mill Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7459, Longitude: -84.9708 In this case, the coordinates for Crown Mill Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.639 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.262 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.277 degrees. |
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