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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 Kilby Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kilby 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 Kilby Mill:
- 34.950370, -83.492659
- 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 Kilby 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 Rabun County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rabun County
- Since Kilby Mill is near Towns County and also Macon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Towns County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Macon 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 Kilby Mill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kilby 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.
- Germany
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Germany is located in Rabun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germany
- Mountain City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Orlando
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Orlando is located in Macon County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orlando
- Otto
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Persimmon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Persimmon is located in Rabun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persimmon
- Rainbow Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rainbow Springs is located in Macon County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Springs
- Scaly Mountain
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shooting Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shooting Creek is located in Clay County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shooting Creek
- Sky Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Tiger
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Kilby 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 Kilby 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 Kilby Mill and extending to:
- Clayton, which is the Seat of Rabun County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Kilby 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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 448 miles [721 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,345 miles [10,211.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,051 miles [11,347.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,928 miles [7,930.8 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kilby Mill) 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 Kilby 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 Kilby Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9504, Longitude: -83.4927 In this case, the coordinates for Kilby Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.766 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.286 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.629 degrees. |
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