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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 Star Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Star Mills 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 Star Mills:
- 37.599134, -85.980136
- 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 Star Mills
- 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 Hardin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hardin County
- Since Star Mills is near Grayson County and also Larue County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grayson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Larue 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 Star Mills
Communities Also Named Star Mills ...
We found one communities that are also named Star Mills.
Within Kentucky, the name Star Mills is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, there is another community also named Star Mills in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Monroe County
- This Star Mills is located in Monroe County and lies 336 miles [540.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Star Mills that is located in Hardin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Star Mills.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Star Mills ...
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 Clifty
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Big Clifty is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Clifty
- Cecilia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Crest
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elizabethtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Flint Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Four Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Horntown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Horntown is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horntown
- Indian Hills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Hills is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Kraft
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Limp
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Limp is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limp
- Lone Oak
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lone Oak is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Pierce Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Pierce Mill is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Mill
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Royal
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Royal is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Seven Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Tanner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tanner is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner
- Tunnel Hills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tunnel Hills is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel Hills
How Far From Star Mills 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 Star Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Star Mills and extending to:
- Elizabethtown, which is the Seat of Hardin County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Star Mills to Elizabethtown, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 73 miles [117.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 492 miles [791.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,324 miles [10,177.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,046 miles [11,339.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,921 miles [7,919.6 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Star Mills) 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 Star Mills 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 Star Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5991, Longitude: -85.9801 In this case, the coordinates for Star Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.339 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.47 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.979 degrees. |
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