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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 Town, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mill Town 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 Mill Town:
    • 36.472277, -85.878593
    • 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 Town
  • 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 Macon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Macon County
    • Since Mill Town is near Clay County and also Smith County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Smith 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 Town

Communities Also Named Mill Town ...

We found three communities that are also named Mill Town.

Within Tennessee, the name Mill Town is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Mississippi
      • Madison County
      • This Mill Town is located in Madison County and lies 354 miles [569.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Mill Town that is located in Macon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Mill Town.
    • Missouri
      • Iron County
      • Although located in Iron County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iron County community of Mill Town.
    • Texas
      • Trinity County
      • This Mill Town is located in Trinity County and lies 664 miles [1,068.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Mill Town that is located in Macon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trinity County community of Mill Town.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mill Town ...

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.

  • Cartwright
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Cartwright is located in Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
  • Days Crossroads
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Days Crossroads is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days Crossroads
  • Goose Horn
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Goose Horn is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Horn
  • Greenwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Greenwood is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Gum Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Gum Springs is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
  • Jenkins Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jenkins Village is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins Village
  • Kirby
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Kirby is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby
  • Leonard
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Leonard is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
  • Milltown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Milltown is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
  • Prosperity
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Prosperity is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
  • Red Boiling Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Sunrise
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Sunrise is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
  • Sycamore Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Sycamore Valley is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Valley

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

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

  • Lafayette, which is the Seat of Macon County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Mill Town to Nashville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 511 miles [822.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,373 miles [10,256.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,091 miles [11,411.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,966 miles [7,992 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Mill Town) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Mill Town 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 Town. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4723, Longitude: -85.8786       In this case, the coordinates for Mill Town have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.248 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.206 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.226 degrees.