Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Nevada Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nevada Mills and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Nevada Mills

• 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 Nevada Mills:
  • 41.726995, -85.082189
  • 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 Nevada 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 Steuben County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Steuben County
  • Since Nevada Mills is near Branch County and also LaGrange County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Branch County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for LaGrange 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 Nevada Mills

Curious and Interesting Names Near Nevada 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.

• Canada Shores
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Canada Shores is located in Branch County (MI)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada Shores
• Crooked Lake
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Crooked Lake is located in Steuben County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Lake
• Flint
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Flint is located in Steuben County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
• Glen Eden
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Glen Eden is located in Steuben County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Eden
• Greenfield Mills
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Greenfield Mills is located in LaGrange County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Mills
• Hatmaker
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Hatmaker is located in Branch County (MI)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatmaker
• Indian Hills
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Indian Hills is located in Steuben County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
• Jamestown
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jamestown is located in Steuben County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
• Kinderhook
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Kinderhook is located in Branch County (MI)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook
• Lake James
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Lake James is located in Steuben County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake James
• Panama
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Panama is located in Steuben County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panama
• Pearl Beach
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Pearl Beach is located in Branch County (MI)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl Beach

How Far From Nevada Mills 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 Nevada 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 Nevada Mills and extending to:

• Angola, which is the Seat of Steuben County, lies just to the Southeast.
• Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 146 miles [235 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Nevada Mills to Indianapolis, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 466 miles [750 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,094 miles [9,807.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,828 miles [10,988.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,707 miles [7,575.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'