Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Mannington 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 Mannington Mills:
  • 39.587058, -75.454364
  • 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 Mannington 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 Salem County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Salem County
  • Since Mannington Mills is near New Castle County and also Cumberland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for New Castle County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland 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 Mannington Mills

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mannington 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.

• Beaver Dam
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Beaver Dam is located in Salem County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
• Cedarville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Cedarville is located in Salem County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
• Churchtown
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Churchtown is located in Salem County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
• Courses Landing
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Courses Landing is located in Salem County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courses Landing
• Deepwater
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Deepwater is located in Salem County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deepwater
• Halltown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Halltown is located in Salem County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halltown
• Harmony
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Harmony is located in Salem County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
• Mahoneyville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Mahoneyville is located in Salem County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoneyville
• Marshalltown
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Marshalltown is located in Salem County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshalltown
• Mowers
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Mowers is located in Salem County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowers
• Pointers
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Pointers is located in Salem County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pointers
• Portertown
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Portertown is located in Salem County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portertown
• Slapes Corner
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Slapes Corner is located in Salem County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slapes Corner

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

• Salem, which is the Seat of Salem County, lies just to the South Southwest.
• Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Mannington Mills to Trenton, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 97 miles [156.1 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,801 miles [9,335.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,506 miles [10,470.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,383 miles [7,053.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'