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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 Millers Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Millers 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 Millers Mill:
    • 33.535112, -84.141306
    • 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 Millers 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 Henry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Henry County
    • Since Millers Mill is near Rockdale County and also Newton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rockdale County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Newton 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 Millers Mill

Communities Also Named Millers Mill ...

We found two communities that are also named Millers Mill.

Within Georgia, the name Millers Mill is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Michigan
      • Ogemaw 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 Michigan community of Millers Mill [Ogemaw County].
    • South Carolina
      • Abbeville County
      • This Millers Mill is located in Abbeville County and lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Millers Mill that is located in Henry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Abbeville County community of Millers Mill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Millers 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.

  • Blossom ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Blossom is located in Rockdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom
  • Chimney Ridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Chimney Ridge is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Ridge
  • Cotton Indian Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Cotton Indian Creek is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Indian Creek
  • Dove Rest
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Dove Rest is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dove Rest
  • Flakes Crossing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Flakes Crossing is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flakes Crossing
  • Hidden Lakes
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hidden Lakes is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Lakes
  • Julia
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Julia is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Julia
  • Knob ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Knob is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
  • Pinecrest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Pinecrest is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
  • Springwood Valley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Springwood Valley is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood Valley
  • Stokes Crossing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Stokes Crossing is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes Crossing
  • Swan Lake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Swan Lake is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Millers Mill and extending to:

  • McDonough, which is the Seat of Henry County, lies just to the South.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Millers Mill to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 541 miles [870.7 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 22 days and walking would take 31 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,438 miles [10,361 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,139 miles [11,489.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,018 miles [8,075.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Millers 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Millers 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 Millers 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 Millers Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5351, Longitude: -84.1413       In this case, the coordinates for Millers Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.10 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.47 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.242 degrees.