Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Dixie Mills:
  • 35.614792, -88.182815
  • 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 Dixie Mills

• 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 Decatur County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Decatur County
  • Since Dixie Mills is near Henderson County and also Perry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Henderson County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Perry 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 Dixie Mills

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dixie Mills ...

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.

• Bible Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Bible Hill is located in Decatur County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bible Hill
• Five Forks
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Five Forks is located in Decatur County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
• Hickory Forks
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Hickory Forks is located in Decatur County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Forks
• Hopewell
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Hopewell is located in Decatur County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
• Lick Skillet
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Lick Skillet is located in Decatur County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lick Skillet
• Parsons
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Parsons is located in Decatur County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,272 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parsons <1>
• Rock Hill
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Rock Hill is located in Henderson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
• Shady Hill
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Shady Hill is located in Henderson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Hill
• Stubblefields ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Stubblefields is located in Henderson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stubblefields
• Sulphur Springs ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Sulphur Springs is located in Decatur County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
• Utah
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Utah is located in Decatur County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utah

How Far From Dixie Mills 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 Dixie Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Decaturville, which is the Seat of Decatur County, lies just to the East Southeast.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 87 miles [140 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Dixie Mills to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 652 miles [1,049.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,507 miles [10,472 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,227 miles [11,630.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,103 miles [8,212.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'