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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 Jones Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jones 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 Jones Mill:
    • 36.763748, -79.465305
    • 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 Jones 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 Jones Mill is near Danville City and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Danville City
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Jones Mill

Communities Also Named Jones Mill ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Jones Mill.

Within Virginia, the name Jones Mill is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Chambers County
      • This Jones Mill is located in Chambers County and lies 442 miles [711.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Jones Mill that is located in Pittsylvania County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chambers County community of Jones Mill.
    • Arkansas
      • Hot Spring 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 Arkansas community of Jones Mill [Hot Spring County].
      • Lafayette 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 Arkansas community of Jones Mill [Lafayette County].
    • Georgia
      • Fannin County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Jones Mill [Fannin County].
      • Gilmer County
      • This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Jones Mill [Gilmer County].
    • Kentucky
      • Clinton County
      • This Jones Mill is located in Clinton County and lies 312 miles [502.1 km]<1> to the west of the Jones Mill that is located in Pittsylvania County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Jones Mill.
    • Maine
      • Aroostook County
      • This Jones Mill is located in Aroostook County and lies 896 miles [1,442 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Jones Mill that is located in Pittsylvania County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aroostook County community of Jones Mill.
    • Mississippi
      • Harrison County
      • This Jones Mill is located in Harrison County and lies 710 miles [1,142.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Jones Mill that is located in Pittsylvania County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Jones Mill.
    • New Jersey
      • Burlington County
      • This Jones Mill is located in Burlington County and lies 339 miles [545.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Jones Mill that is located in Pittsylvania County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burlington County community of Jones Mill.
      • Cumberland County
      • This Jones Mill is located in Cumberland County and lies 302 miles [486 km] to the northeast of the Jones Mill that is located in Pittsylvania County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Jones Mill.
    • North Carolina
      • Cherokee County
      • This Jones Mill is located in Cherokee County and lies 273 miles [439.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Jones Mill that is located in Pittsylvania County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Jones Mill.
    • Tennessee
      • Henry County
      • This Jones Mill is located in Henry County and lies 498 miles [801.5 km]<1> to the west of the Jones Mill that is located in Pittsylvania County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Jones Mill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Jones 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.

  • Banister
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Banister is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banister
  • Cartersville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cartersville is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartersville
  • Dry Fork
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Dry Fork is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Fork
  • Flint Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Flint Hill is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
  • Pleasant Gap
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Pleasant Gap is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Gap
  • Whittletown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Whittletown is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittletown
  • Woodlawn
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Woodlawn is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
  • Woodlawn Heights
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Woodlawn Heights is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Heights

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

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

  • Chatham, which is the Seat of Pittsylvania County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 123 miles [197.9 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Jones Mill to Richmond, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 198 miles [318.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,093 miles [9,805.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,795 miles [10,935.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,673 miles [7,520.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 from Point A (ie- Jones 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 Jones 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Jones Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Jones 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 Jones Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7637, Longitude: -79.4653       In this case, the coordinates for Jones Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.405 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.844 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.476 degrees.