Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Stone Landing:
  • 32.286308, -81.119278
  • 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 Stone Landing

• 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 Jasper County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper County
  • Since Mill Stone Landing is near Beaufort County and also Effingham County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Beaufort County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Effingham 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 Stone Landing

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mill Stone Landing ...

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.

• Birds
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Birds is located in Effingham County (GA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds
• Coldbrook
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Coldbrook is located in Effingham County (GA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldbrook
• Cook Landing
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Cook Landing is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Landing
• Ebenezer
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Ebenezer is located in Effingham County (GA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
• Good Hope Landing
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Good Hope Landing is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope Landing
• Jasper
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Jasper is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
• Limehouse
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Limehouse is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limehouse
• Mulberry Grove
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Mulberry Grove is located in Chatham County (GA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry Grove
• Switzerland
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Switzerland is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Switzerland

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Mill Stone Landing and extending to:

• Ridgeland, which is the Seat of Jasper County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Mill Stone Landing to Ridgeland, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 118 miles [189.9 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 510 miles [820.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,363 miles [10,240.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• 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).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,936 miles [7,943.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'