Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in White Mills Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to White Mills Junction and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for White Mills Junction

• 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 White Mills Junction:
  • 37.577560, -86.035522
  • 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 White Mills Junction

• 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 White Mills Junction is near Grayson County and also Hart 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 Hart 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 White Mills Junction

Curious and Interesting Names Near White Mills Junction ...

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
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Big Clifty is located in Grayson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Clifty
• Cecilia
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Cecilia is located in Hardin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecilia
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cecilia <1>
• Flint Hill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Flint Hill is located in Hardin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
• Horntown
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Horntown is located in Grayson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horntown
• Kraft
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Kraft is located in Hardin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kraft
• Limp
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Limp is located in Hardin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limp
• Lone Oak
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Lone Oak is located in Grayson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
• Pierce Mill
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Pierce Mill is located in Hardin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Mill
• Royal
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Royal is located in Grayson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
• Seven Corners
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Seven Corners is located in Hardin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Corners
• Star Mills
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Star Mills is located in Hardin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Mills
• Tar Hill
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Tar Hill is located in Grayson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar Hill

How Far From White Mills Junction to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as White Mills Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in White Mills Junction and extending to:

• Elizabethtown, which is the Seat of Hardin County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from White Mills Junction to Elizabethtown, 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 76 miles [122.3 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 496 miles [798.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,327 miles [10,182.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,049 miles [11,344.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,924 miles [7,924.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'