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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 Walker Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Walker 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 Walker Mill:
- 33.270671, -84.171587
- 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 Walker 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 Spalding County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Spalding County
- Since Walker Mill is near Henry County and also Lamar County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Henry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lamar 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 Walker Mill
Communities Also Named Walker Mill ...
We found one communities that are also named Walker Mill.
Within Georgia, the name Walker Mill is unique.
Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named Walker Mill in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Prince George's County
- This Walker Mill is located in Prince George's County and lies 560 miles [901.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Walker Mill that is located in Spalding County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Walker Mill.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Walker 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.
- Experiment
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Greenwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Greenwood is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Griffin
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jenkinsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Liberty Hill is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Locust Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Orchard Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Sunny Side
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Unity Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Unity Grove is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity Grove
How Far From Walker 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 Walker Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Walker Mill and extending to:
- Griffin, which is the Seat of Spalding County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 35 miles [56.3 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Walker Mill to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 555 miles [893.2 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 32 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,452 miles [10,383.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,152 miles [11,510 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,031 miles [8,096.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Walker Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Walker 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 Walker Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2707, Longitude: -84.1716 In this case, the coordinates for Walker Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.106 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.44 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.317 degrees. |
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