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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 Daniell Mill Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Daniell Mill Estates and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Daniell Mill Estates:
    • 33.671498, -84.854106
    • 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 Daniell Mill Estates
  • 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 Douglas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
    • Since Daniell Mill Estates 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 Daniell Mill Estates

Curious and Interesting Names Near Daniell Mill Estates ...

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.

  • Bent Pine
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Bent Pine is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Pine
  • Bright Star
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Bright Star is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Star
  • Chestnut Hill ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Chestnut Hill is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
  • Executive Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Executive Heights is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Executive Heights
  • Fairplay
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Fairplay is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplay
  • Five Points
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Five Points is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Gregory Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Gregory Heights is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory Heights
  • Ithaca
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Ithaca is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
  • Kings Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Kings Point is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Point
  • Links of Leith
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Links of Leith is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Links of Leith
  • Orchard Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Orchard Park is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Park
  • Pumpkintown Ferry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Pumpkintown Ferry is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkintown Ferry
  • Sugar Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Sugar Creek is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
  • Sweetwater Bluff
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Sweetwater Bluff is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater Bluff

How Far From Daniell Mill Estates 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 Daniell Mill Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Daniell Mill Estates and extending to:

  • Douglasville, which is the Seat of Douglas County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Daniell Mill Estates to Atlanta, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 564 miles [907.7 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 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,462 miles [10,399.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,166 miles [11,532.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,044 miles [8,117.5 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Daniell Mill Estates) 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 Daniell Mill Estates 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 Daniell Mill Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6715, Longitude: -84.8541       In this case, the coordinates for Daniell Mill Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.524 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.979 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.488 degrees.