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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 South Millen, we use the following websites to find information relevant to South Millen 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 South Millen:
- 32.794052, -81.951226
- 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 South Millen
- 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 Jenkins County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jenkins County
- Since South Millen is near Burke County and also Screven County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Burke County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Screven 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 South Millen
Communities Also Named South Millen ...
We found one communities that are also named South Millen.
There is one other community in Georgia that is also named South Millen.
Beyond Georgia.
- Communities Located In Georgia ...
- Screven 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 Georgia community of South Millen [Screven County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near South Millen ...
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.
- Aaron
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Aaron is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aaron
- Bill Davis ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bill Davis is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bill Davis
- Birdsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Birdsville is located in Jenkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsville
- Butts
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Butts is located in Jenkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butts
- Four Points
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Four Points is located in Jenkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Points
- Kites Spur ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Kites Spur is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kites Spur
- Estimated population in 2019: 227 people
- Lewis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lewis is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Piddleville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Piddleville is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piddleville
- Rocky Ford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rogers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rogers is located in Jenkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Thrift
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Thrift is located in Jenkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrift
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,623 people
How Far From South Millen 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 South Millen to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of South Millen once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in South Millen and extending to:
- Millen, which is the Seat of Jenkins County, lies just to the North.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 155 miles [249.4 km]<4> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from South Millen to Atlanta, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 503 miles [809.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,377 miles [10,262.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,068 miles [11,374.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,952 miles [7,969.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 South Millen 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about South Millen, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- South Millen) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 South Millen 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 South Millen. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.7941, Longitude: -81.9512 In this case, the coordinates for South Millen have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.815 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.886 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.599 degrees. |
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