Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Deans Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Deans Mill and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Deans Mill

• 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 Deans Mill:
  • 35.237317, -83.472657
  • 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 Deans 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 Macon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Macon County
  • Since Deans Mill is near Swain County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Swain County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Deans Mill

Communities Also Named Deans Mill ...

We found one communities that are also named Deans Mill.

Within North Carolina, the name Deans Mill is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, there is another community also named Deans Mill in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • New York
    • Greene County
    • This Deans Mill is located in Greene County and lies 718 miles [1,155.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Deans Mill that is located in Macon County.
    • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Deans Mill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Deans 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.

• Blossomtown
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Blossomtown is located in Macon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossomtown
• Burningtown
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Burningtown is located in Macon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burningtown
• Dean
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Dean is located in Macon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
• Franklin
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Franklin is located in Macon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,121 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Franklin <2>
• Leatherman
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Leatherman is located in Macon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherman
• Needmore
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Needmore is located in Swain County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
• Oak Grove
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Oak Grove is located in Macon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
• Shallow Ford
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Shallow Ford is located in Macon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shallow Ford
• Slickrock Ford
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Slickrock Ford is located in Macon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickrock Ford

How Far From Deans 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 Deans Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Deans Mill and extending to:

• Franklin, which is the Seat of Macon County, lies just to the Southeast.
• Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 274 miles [441 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Deans Mill to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 435 miles [700.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,331 miles [10,188.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,038 miles [11,326.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,915 miles [7,909.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'