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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 Statts Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Statts Mills 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 Statts Mills:
- 38.743981, -81.625932
- 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 Statts Mills
- 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Since Statts Mills is near Roane County and also Putnam County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Roane County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam 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 Statts Mills
Curious and Interesting Names Near Statts Mills ...
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.
- Buffalo ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Edgar ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Edgar is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
- Fairplain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Flatfork
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Flatfork is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatfork
- Flint Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Flint Town is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Town
- Gay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gay is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay
- Geneva
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Geneva is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Marshall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Marshall is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Parchment Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Parchment Valley is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parchment Valley
- Plum Orchard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Plum Orchard is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Orchard
- Red Knob
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Red Knob is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Knob
- Salt Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Salt Hill is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Hill
- Skidmore
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Skidmore is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skidmore
- Young
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Young is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young
How Far From Statts Mills 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 Statts Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Statts Mills and extending to:
- Ripley, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Statts Mills to Charleston, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 247 miles [397.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,095 miles [9,809 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,811 miles [10,961.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,686 miles [7,541.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Statts Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Statts Mills 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 Statts Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7440, Longitude: -81.6259 In this case, the coordinates for Statts Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.649 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.557 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.733 degrees. |
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