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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 Mimsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mimsville 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 Mimsville:
- 31.255919, -84.528374
- 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 Mimsville
- 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 Baker County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baker County
- Since Mimsville is near Miller County and also Early County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Miller County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Early 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 Mimsville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mimsville ...
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.
- Anna
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bethany
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bethany is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Branchville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Branchville is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Cooktown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cooktown is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooktown
- Crossroads
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Crossroads is located in Early County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Damascus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Greenwood ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hopeful
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hopeful is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeful
- Jeterville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jeterville is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeterville
- Jones Spur
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jones Spur is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Spur
How Far From Mimsville 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 Mimsville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mimsville and extending to:
- Newton, which is the Seat of Baker County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Mimsville to Newton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 172 miles [276.8 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 675 miles [1,086.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,561 miles [10,558.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,253 miles [11,672.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,136 miles [8,265.6 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- Mimsville) 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 Mimsville 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 Mimsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.2559, Longitude: -84.5284 In this case, the coordinates for Mimsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.201 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.269 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.907 degrees. |
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