Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for City 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 City Mills:
  • 42.108431, -71.354502
  • 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 City 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 Norfolk County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Norfolk County
  • Since City Mills is near Middlesex County and also Providence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Providence 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 City Mills

Curious and Interesting Names Near City 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.

• Benjamins Landing
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Benjamins Landing is located in Norfolk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benjamins Landing
• Burnt Swamp Corner
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Burnt Swamp Corner is located in Norfolk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Swamp Corner
• Camp Breezy Meadow
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Camp Breezy Meadow is located in Norfolk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Breezy Meadow
• Caryville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Caryville is located in Norfolk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caryville
• Cedar
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Cedar is located in Norfolk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
• Cedar Hill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Cedar Hill is located in Norfolk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
• Forest Park
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Forest Park is located in Norfolk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
• Franklin
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Franklin is located in Norfolk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,711 people
• Happy Hills
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Happy Hills is located in Norfolk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Hills
• Maple Ridge
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Maple Ridge is located in Norfolk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
• Plimptonville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Plimptonville is located in Norfolk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plimptonville
• Pondville
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Pondville is located in Norfolk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondville
• Rockville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Rockville is located in Norfolk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
• Unionville
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Unionville is located in Norfolk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville

How Far From City 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 City 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 City Mills and extending to:

• Dedham, which is the Seat of Norfolk County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from City Mills to Dedham, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 23 miles [37 km] to the northeast (NE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 371 miles [597.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,526 miles [8,893.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,232 miles [10,029.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,109 miles [6,612.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'