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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 Spring, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mill Spring 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 Spring:
- 35.297704, -82.161825
- 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 Spring
- 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 Polk County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
- Since Mill Spring is near Rutherford County and also Spartanburg County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rutherford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Spartanburg 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 Mill Spring
Communities Also Named Mill Spring ...
We found three communities that are also named Mill Spring.
Within North Carolina, the name Mill Spring is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Madison County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Mill Spring [Madison County].
- Missouri
- Wayne County
- This Mill Spring is located in Wayne County and lies 490 miles [788.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Mill Spring that is located in Polk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Mill Spring.
- Tennessee
- Jefferson County
- This Mill Spring is located in Jefferson County and lies 96 miles [154.5 km]<2> to the northwest of the Mill Spring that is located in Polk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Mill Spring.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mill Spring ...
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.
- Burnt Chimney Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Columbus
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Grove is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Lynn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mount Valley is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Valley
- Pea Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pea Ridge is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
- Poplar Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Poplar Grove is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Rock Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rock Springs is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Sandy Plains
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Plains is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Plains
- Sunny View
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sunny View is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny View
- Tryon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Mill Spring to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers 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 Spring to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mill Spring and extending to:
- Columbus, which is the Seat of Polk County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 200 miles [321.9 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Mill Spring to Raleigh, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 376 miles [605.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,273 miles [10,095.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,976 miles [11,226.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,854 miles [7,811.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Spring 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 county. 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. |
| <2> | 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 Spring) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Spring 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 Spring. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2977, Longitude: -82.1618 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.989 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.444 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.004 degrees. |
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