Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Shorts Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shorts Mill and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Shorts Mill

• 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 Shorts Mill:
  • 34.572598, -83.492670
  • 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 Shorts 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 Habersham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Habersham County
  • Since Shorts Mill is near Stephens County and also Banks County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Stephens County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Banks 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 Shorts Mill

Curious and Interesting Names Near Shorts 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.

• College Park
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • College Park is located in Habersham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
• Dicks Hill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Dicks Hill is located in Habersham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dicks Hill
• Fowlertown
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Fowlertown is located in Stephens County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlertown
• Harvest
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Harvest is located in Habersham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvest
• Heads Ferry
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Heads Ferry is located in Habersham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heads Ferry
• Hills
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Hills is located in Habersham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills
• Leaf
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Leaf is located in White County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaf
• Longview
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Longview is located in Habersham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
• Nancytown ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Nancytown is located in Banks County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nancytown
• New Switzerland
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • New Switzerland is located in Habersham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Switzerland

How Far From Shorts Mill to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Shorts 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 Shorts Mill and extending to:

• Clarkesville, which is the Seat of Habersham County, lies just to the North Northwest.
• Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 76 miles [122.3 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Shorts 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 465 miles [748.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,363 miles [10,240.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,066 miles [11,371.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,944 miles [7,956.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'