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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 Greens Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greens Mill 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 Greens Mill:
- 34.843776, -84.300198
- 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 Greens 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 Fannin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fannin County
- Since Greens Mill is near Gilmer County and also Union County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gilmer County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union 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 Greens Mill
Communities Also Named Greens Mill ...
We found four communities that are also named Greens Mill.
There are two communities within Georgia that are also named Greens Mill.
Beyond Georgia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Georgia ...
- Macon County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Greens Mill [Macon County].
- Talbot County
- This Greens Mill is located in Talbot County and lies 144 miles [231.7 km]<2> to the south of the Greens Mill that is located in Fannin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talbot County community of Greens Mill.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Talladega County
- This Greens Mill is located in Talladega County and lies 134 miles [215.7 km]<2> to the southwest of the Greens Mill that is located in Fannin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talladega County community of Greens Mill.
- Tennessee
- Hamilton County
- This Greens Mill is located in Hamilton County and lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Greens Mill that is located in Fannin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Greens Mill.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Greens 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.
- Big Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Big Creek is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Cherry Log
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chestnut Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cutcane
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cutcane is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutcane
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,417 people
- Due ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Due is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Due
- Forge Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Forge Mill is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forge Mill
- Goose Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Goose Island is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Island
- Hemp
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hemp is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemp
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,647 people
- Hothouse
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hothouse is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hothouse
- Loving
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Loving is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loving
- Maxwell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Maxwell is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
- Mineral Bluff
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Murphy Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Murphy Junction is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Junction
- Pleasant Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Stanley Mill ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Stanley Mill is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley Mill
- Sugar Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Creek is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
- Union
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Union is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Windy Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Windy Ridge is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Ridge
How Far From Greens 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 Greens Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Greens Mill and extending to:
- Blue Ridge, which is the Seat of Fannin County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Greens Mill to Atlanta, with an average speed<4>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 488 miles [785.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,384 miles [10,274.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,091 miles [11,411.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,968 miles [7,995.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Greens Mill could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Greens Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Greens Mill 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 Greens Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8438, Longitude: -84.3002 In this case, the coordinates for Greens Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.242 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.819 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.981 degrees. |
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