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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 Little Rock Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Little Rock Mills 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 Little Rock Mills:
- 35.848122, -87.298066
- 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 Little Rock 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 Hickman County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hickman County
- Since Little Rock Mills is near Maury County and also Williamson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Maury County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Williamson 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 Little Rock Mills
Curious and Interesting Names Near Little Rock 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.
- Craigfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Craigfield is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigfield
- Fogg ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fogg is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fogg
- Graytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Graytown is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graytown
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,528 people
- Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Grove is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Jones Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Valley is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Valley
- Kinderhook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kinderhook is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook
- Lick Creek ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lick Creek is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lick Creek
- Littlelot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Littlelot is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlelot
- Lyles
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mayberry ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mayberry is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayberry
- Mill Seat
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mill Seat is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Seat
How Far From Little Rock 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 Little Rock 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 Little Rock Mills and extending to:
- Centerville, which is the Seat of Hickman County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Little Rock Mills to Centerville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 36 miles [57.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 600 miles [965.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,460 miles [10,396.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,179 miles [11,553.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,054 miles [8,133.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Little Rock Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Little Rock Mills 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 Little Rock Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8481, Longitude: -87.2981 In this case, the coordinates for Little Rock Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.103 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.103 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.985 degrees. |
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