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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 Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to 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 Mill:
- 32.122659, -92.842933
- 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 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 parish-by-parish basis. We have selected Winn Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Winn Parish
- Since Mill is near Bienville Parish and also Jackson Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bienville Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson Parish
- 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 Mill
Communities Also Named Mill ...
We found four communities that are also named Mill.
Within Louisiana, the name Mill is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Blount County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Mill [Blount County].
- Michigan
- Wayne County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Mill [Wayne County].
- Missouri
- Sainte Genevieve County
- This Mill is located in Sainte Genevieve County and lies 422 miles [679.1 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Mill that is located in Winn Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sainte Genevieve County community of Mill.
- Texas
- Bailey County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Mill [Bailey County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near 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.
- Coldwater
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Coldwater is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Crockett ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Crockett is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett
- Danville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Danville is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- English
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- English is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
- Evergreen
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Friendship
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Friendship is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Mulberry Hill ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mulberry Hill is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry Hill
- New Friendship
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- New Friendship is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Friendship
- Pine Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pine Ridge is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Saline
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Shady
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Shady is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady
How Far From Mill 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 Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mill and extending to:
- Winnfield, which is the Seat of Winn Parish, lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Mill to Winnfield, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 152 miles [244.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,002 miles [1,612.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 57 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,866 miles [11,049.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,587 miles [12,210.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,462 miles [8,790.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Mill could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong parish. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 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 Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.1227, Longitude: -92.8429 In this case, the coordinates for Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.285 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.291 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.024 degrees. |
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