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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 Miller Academy, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Miller Academy 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 Miller Academy:
- 33.672052, -85.119391
- 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 Miller Academy
- 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 Carroll County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
- Since Miller Academy is near Haralson County and also Paulding County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Haralson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Paulding 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 Miller Academy
Curious and Interesting Names Near Miller Academy ...
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.
- Double Branches
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Double Branches is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Branches
- Hickory Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Heights is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Heights
- Holly Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Holly Heights is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Heights
- Jake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jake is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jake
- Estimated population in 2019: 146 people
- Leisure Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Leisure Heights is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Heights
- Plowshare ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Plowshare is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plowshare
- Riverbend
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Riverbend is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend
- Shady Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Shady Grove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Temple
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Waco
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Miller Academy 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 Miller Academy to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Miller Academy and extending to:
- Carrollton, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 42 miles [67.6 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Miller Academy to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 576 miles [927 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 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,473 miles [10,417.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,178 miles [11,551.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,056 miles [8,136.8 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Miller Academy) 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 Miller Academy 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 Miller Academy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6721, Longitude: -85.1194 In this case, the coordinates for Miller Academy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.681 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.16 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.593 degrees. |
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