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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 Stanley Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stanley Mill 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 Stanley Mill:
- 34.743419, -84.291029
- 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 Stanley 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 Gilmer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gilmer County
- Since Stanley Mill is near Fannin County and also Union County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fannin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union 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 Stanley Mill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stanley 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.
- Big Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Big Creek is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Cherry Log
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Diamond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Diamond is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Due ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Due is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Due
- Goose Island
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Goose Island is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Island
- Greens Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Greens Mill is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Mill
- Marion
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Marion is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Maxwell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maxwell is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
- Pike ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pike is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike
- Quill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Quill is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quill
- Sugar Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sugar Hill is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
- Swan
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Swan is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan
- Turniptown ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Turniptown is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turniptown
How Far From Stanley 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 Stanley Mill 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<2> community of Stanley Mill once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Stanley Mill and extending to:
- Ellijay, which is the Seat of Gilmer County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Stanley Mill to Ellijay, with an average speed<4> 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 68 miles [109.4 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 492 miles [791.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,389 miles [10,282.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,095 miles [11,418.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,972 miles [8,001.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Stanley Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Stanley Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Stanley 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 Stanley Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7434, Longitude: -84.2910 In this case, the coordinates for Stanley Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.233 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.794 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.003 degrees. |
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