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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 A, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mill A 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 A:
- 45.756785, -121.650352
- 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 A
- 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 Skamania County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Skamania County
- Since Mill A is near Hood River County and also Klickitat County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hood River County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Klickitat 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 A
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mill A ...
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.
- B Z Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- B Z Corner is located in Klickitat County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for B Z Corner
- Carson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cook is located in Skamania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Home Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Home Valley is located in Skamania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Valley
- Hood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hood is located in Skamania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
- Hood River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Laws Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Laws Corner is located in Klickitat County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws Corner
- Oak Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Hood River County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Windmaster Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Windmaster Corner is located in Hood River County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windmaster Corner
How Far From Mill A 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 Mill A to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mill A and extending to:
- Stevenson, which is the Seat of Skamania County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Mill A to Stevenson, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 106 miles [170.6 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,295 miles [3,693.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 90 days and walking would take 131 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,883 miles [11,077.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,646 miles [12,305 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,750 miles [9,253.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mill A) 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 Mill A 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 A. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.7568, Longitude: -121.6504 In this case, the coordinates for Mill A have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.212 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.564 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.442 degrees. |
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