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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 Hasslers Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hasslers Mill 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 Hasslers Mill:
    • 34.812303, -84.695214
    • 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 Hasslers 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 Murray County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Murray County
    • Since Hasslers Mill is near Gilmer County and also Whitfield 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 Whitfield 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 Hasslers Mill

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hasslers 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.

  • Ball Ground
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Ball Ground is located in Murray County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Ground
  • Beaverdale
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Beaverdale is located in Whitfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdale
  • Cedar Ridge
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Cedar Ridge is located in Whitfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Ridge
  • Dawnville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Dawnville is located in Whitfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawnville
  • Dennis
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Dennis is located in Murray County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
  • Elders
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Elders is located in Gilmer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elders
  • Fort Mountain ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Fort Mountain is located in Murray County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Mountain
  • Gregory
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Gregory is located in Murray County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 7,432 people
  • Jones Mill ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jones Mill is located in Fannin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Mill
  • Keiths Mill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Keiths Mill is located in Whitfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keiths Mill
  • Mountaintown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Mountaintown is located in Gilmer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountaintown
  • Pleasant Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Gilmer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Ratcliff ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Ratcliff is located in Gilmer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ratcliff
    • Ruralvale
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Ruralvale is located in Whitfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruralvale
    • Spring Place
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Spring Place is located in Murray County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Place
    • Temple Grove
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Temple Grove is located in Murray County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Grove
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,795 people
    • Treadwell
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Treadwell is located in Murray County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treadwell

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

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

  • Chatsworth, which is the Seat of Murray County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Hasslers Mill to Atlanta, with an average speed<2>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 508 miles [817.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,402 miles [10,303 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,110 miles [11,442.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,987 miles [8,025.8 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hasslers Mill) 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 Hasslers 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 Hasslers Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8123, Longitude: -84.6952       In this case, the coordinates for Hasslers Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.477 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.084 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.149 degrees.