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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.
- 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:
- 30.958797, -95.373829
- 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 Trinity County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Trinity County
- Since Mill Town is near Walker County and also San Jacinto County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Walker County
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Jacinto 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 Texas, the name Mill Town is unique.
Beyond Texas, 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 334 miles [537.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mill Town that is located in Trinity 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.
- Tennessee
- Macon County
- This Mill Town is located in Macon County and lies 664 miles [1,068.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Mill Town that is located in Trinity County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon 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.
- Arizona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Arizona is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arizona
- Dodge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Friday
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Friday is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friday
- Holly
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Holly is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
- Lovelady
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Red Branch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Red Branch is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Branch
- Trinity
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Waterwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Waterwood is located in San Jacinto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterwood
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:
- Groveton, which is the Seat of Trinity County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Mill Town to Groveton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 148 miles [238.2 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,170 miles [1,882.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 67 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,025 miles [11,305.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,750 miles [12,472.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,626 miles [9,054.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line 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: 30.9588, Longitude: -95.3738 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 318.764 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.871 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.237 degrees. |
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