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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 Millstone, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Millstone 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 Millstone:
- 35.920071, -84.794390
- 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 Millstone
- 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 Cumberland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
- Since Millstone is near Roane County and also Morgan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Roane County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan 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 Millstone
Communities Also Named Millstone ...
We found nine communities that are also named Millstone.
Within Tennessee, the name Millstone is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- New London County
- This Millstone is located in New London County and lies 775 miles [1,247.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Millstone that is located in Cumberland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New London County community of Millstone.
- Kentucky
- Letcher County
- This Millstone is located in Letcher County and lies 142 miles [228.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Millstone that is located in Cumberland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Letcher County community of Millstone.
- Maryland
- Washington 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 Maryland community of Millstone [Washington County].
- New Jersey
- Middlesex 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 New Jersey community of Millstone [Middlesex County].
- Somerset County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Millstone [Somerset County].
- Pennsylvania
- Elk County
- This Millstone is located in Elk County and lies 485 miles [780.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Millstone that is located in Cumberland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elk County community of Millstone.
- Virginia
- Halifax County
- This Millstone is located in Halifax County and lies 327 miles [526.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Millstone that is located in Cumberland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Halifax County community of Millstone.
- West Virginia
- Calhoun County
- This Millstone is located in Calhoun County and lies 284 miles [457.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Millstone that is located in Cumberland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Millstone.
- Mingo 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 West Virginia community of Millstone [Mingo County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Millstone ...
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.
- Bowling
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bowling is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling
- Chestnut Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chestnut Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
- Crab Orchard
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Daddys Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Daddys Creek is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daddys Creek
- Deerwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Deerwood is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwood
- Dry Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dry Hill is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Hill
- Eureka
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Eureka is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Flat Rock Ford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Rock Ford is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock Ford
- Glen Alice
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Glen Alice is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alice
- Grassy Cove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Grassy Cove is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Cove
- Hillcrest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hillcrest is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Lake Pomeroy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Pomeroy is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Pomeroy
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Meridian
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Meridian is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
- Otter Creek Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Otter Creek Junction is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek Junction
- Ozone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ozone is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozone
- Pine Orchard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Orchard is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Orchard
- Pond Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pond Grove is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Grove
- Renegade
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Renegade is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renegade
- Rockwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rogers
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rogers is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,406 people
- Smoke Rise
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Smoke Rise is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Rise
How Far From Millstone to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Millstone to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Millstone and extending to:
- Crossville, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Millstone to Crossville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 111 miles [178.6 km] to the west (W). 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 472 miles [759.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,355 miles [10,227.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,067 miles [11,373.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,943 miles [7,955 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Millstone) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Millstone 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Millstone 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 Millstone. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9201, Longitude: -84.7944 In this case, the coordinates for Millstone have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.57 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.348 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.909 degrees. |
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