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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 Andersons Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Andersons 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 Andersons Mill:
    • 36.882086, -79.539195
    • 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 Andersons 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 Pittsylvania County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pittsylvania County
    • Since Andersons Mill is near Franklin County and also Bedford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bedford 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 Andersons Mill

Communities Also Named Andersons Mill ...

We found one communities that are also named Andersons Mill.

Within Virginia, the name Andersons Mill is unique.

Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Andersons Mill in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Chilton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Andersons Mill [Chilton County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Andersons 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.

  • Ajax
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Ajax is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ajax
  • Banister
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Banister is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banister
  • Climax
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Climax is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
  • Flint Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Flint Hill is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
  • Green Pond
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Green Pond is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pond
  • Hollys Mill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Hollys Mill is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollys Mill
  • Museville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Museville is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Museville
  • Peckerwood Level
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Peckerwood Level is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peckerwood Level
  • Progress
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Progress is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
  • Redeye
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Redeye is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redeye
  • Turkey Fork
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Turkey Fork is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Fork
  • Worlds
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Worlds is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worlds

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Andersons Mill and extending to:

  • Chatham, which is the Seat of Pittsylvania County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Andersons Mill to Chatham, 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.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 124 miles [199.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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 194 miles [312.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,091 miles [9,802.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,793 miles [10,932.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,671 miles [7,517.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Andersons 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Andersons Mill) 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 Andersons 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 Andersons Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8821, Longitude: -79.5392       In this case, the coordinates for Andersons Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.446 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.907 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.466 degrees.