Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Fickling Mill:
  • 32.654031, -84.177692
  • 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 Fickling 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 Taylor County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Taylor County
  • Since Fickling Mill is near Crawford County and also Upson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Upson 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 Fickling Mill

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fickling 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.

• Butler
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Butler is located in Taylor County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,816 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Butler <1>
• Carsonville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Carsonville is located in Taylor County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsonville
• Five Points
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Five Points is located in Taylor County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
• Francisville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Francisville is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisville
• Grays Ferry
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Grays Ferry is located in Taylor County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Ferry
• Horns
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Horns is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horns
• Panhandle
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Panhandle is located in Taylor County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panhandle
• Potterville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Potterville is located in Taylor County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potterville
• Prattsburg
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Prattsburg is located in Talbot County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburg
• Roberta
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Roberta is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberta
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 950 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roberta <1>
• Trices Ferry
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Trices Ferry is located in Taylor County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trices Ferry

How Far From Fickling Mill to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Fickling Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fickling Mill and extending to:

• Butler, which is the Seat of Taylor County, lies just to the South Southwest.
• Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 76 miles [122.3 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Fickling Mill 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 587 miles [944.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,481 miles [10,430.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,178 miles [11,551.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,058 miles [8,140.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'