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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 Lower Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lower Mill and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Lower Mill:
    • 35.167848, -85.221902
    • 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 Lower 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 Hamilton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
    • Since Lower Mill is near Sequatchie County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sequatchie County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion 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 Lower Mill

Communities Also Named Lower Mill ...

We found three communities that are also named Lower Mill.

Within Tennessee, the name Lower Mill is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maine
      • Somerset County
      • This Lower Mill is located in Somerset County and lies 1,054 miles [1,696.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lower Mill that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Lower Mill.
    • New Jersey
      • Burlington County
      • This Lower Mill is located in Burlington County and lies 667 miles [1,073.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lower Mill that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burlington County community of Lower Mill.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Northampton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Lower Mill [Northampton County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lower 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.

  • Cross Timbers
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Cross Timbers is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Timbers
  • Dana Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Dana Hills is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana Hills
  • Echo Glen
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Echo Glen is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Glen
  • Garden Farms
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Garden Farms is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Farms
  • Greens Mill
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Greens Mill is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Mill
  • Hickory Woods
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Hickory Woods is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Woods
  • Hidden Harbor
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Hidden Harbor is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Harbor
  • Irongate
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Irongate is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irongate
  • Kings Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Kings Ridge is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Ridge
  • Long Branch
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Long Branch is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
  • Sandalwood Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Sandalwood Village is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandalwood Village
  • Springcrest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Springcrest is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springcrest
  • Town Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Town Hills is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Hills
  • Valleybrook
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Valleybrook is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleybrook

How Far From Lower Mill to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Lower Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Chattanooga, which is the Seat of Hamilton County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lower Mill to Chattanooga, 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 110 miles [177 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 519 miles [835.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,408 miles [10,312.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,119 miles [11,456.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,994 miles [8,037.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Lower Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Lower Mill 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.
<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 Lower Mill 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 Lower Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1678, Longitude: -85.2219       In this case, the coordinates for Lower Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.805 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.513 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.276 degrees.