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 Upper Mill:
47.193436, -121.927054
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 Upper 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 King County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found two communities that are also named Upper Mill.
Within Washington, the name Upper Mill is unique.
Beyond Washington, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
New Jersey
Burlington County
This Upper Mill is located in Burlington County and lies 2,384 miles [3,836.7 km]<1> to the east of the Upper Mill that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burlington County community of Upper Mill.
Pennsylvania
Cumberland County
This Upper Mill is located in Cumberland County and lies 2,256 miles [3,630.7 km]<1> to the east of the Upper Mill that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Upper Mill.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Upper 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.
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 Upper Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Upper Mill and extending to:
Seattle, which is the Seat of King County, lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Upper Mill to Seattle, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 46 miles [74 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,302 miles [3,704.7 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 6,794 miles [10,933.9 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 7,556 miles [12,160.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,673 miles [9,129.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Upper Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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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 Upper 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 Upper Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.1934, Longitude: -121.9271 In this case, the coordinates for Upper Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.518 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.995 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.523 degrees.