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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 Binns Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Binns 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 Binns Mill:
- 36.752548, -87.659737
- 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 Binns 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 Christian County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Christian County
- Since Binns Mill is near Trigg County and also Stewart County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Trigg County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stewart 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 Binns Mill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Binns 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.
- Beverly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Beverly is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
- Big Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Boiling Springs ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Boiling Springs is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Springs
- Buffalo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Buffalo is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Gracey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Gracey is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gracey
- Jordan Springs ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jordan Springs is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Springs
- Maple Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Maple Grove is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Oak Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Peedee
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Peedee is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peedee
- Roaring Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Roaring Spring is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring Spring
- Rose Hill ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rose Hill is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Sinking Fork
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sinking Fork is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinking Fork
How Far From Binns 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 Binns Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Binns Mill and extending to:
- Hopkinsville, which is the Seat of Christian County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Binns Mill to Hopkinsville, 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.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 182 miles [292.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 597 miles [960.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,431 miles [10,349.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,154 miles [11,513.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,030 miles [8,095 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Binns Mill) 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 Binns 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 Binns Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7525, Longitude: -87.6597 In this case, the coordinates for Binns Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.367 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.533 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.93 degrees. |
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