Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Valley Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Valley Mills and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Valley 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 Valley Mills:
- 43.013080, -75.593443
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Valley 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 Madison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Madison County
- Since Valley Mills is near Oneida County and also Onondaga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Oneida County
- eBird sighting report for Onondaga 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Valley Mills ...
We found nine communities that share the name Valley Mills.
Within New York, the name Valley Mills is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Marion County
- This Valley Mills is located in Marion County and lies 598 miles [962.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Valley Mills that is located in Madison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Valley Mills.
- Michigan
- Oakland County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Valley Mills [Oakland County].
- Mississippi
- Warren County
- This Valley Mills is located in Warren County and lies 1,107 miles [1,781.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Valley Mills that is located in Madison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Valley Mills.
- Nova Scotia
- This Valley Mills lies 739 miles [1,189.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Valley Mills that is located in Madison County.
- Ohio
- Greene County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Greene County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Valley Mills.
- Texas
- Bosque County
- This Valley Mills is located in Bosque County and lies 1,427 miles [2,296.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Valley Mills that is located in Madison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bosque County community of Valley Mills.
- Dimmit County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Dimmit County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dimmit County community of Valley Mills.
- Virginia
- Augusta County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Valley Mills [Augusta County].
- West Virginia
- Wood County
- This Valley Mills is located in Wood County and lies 396 miles [637.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Valley Mills that is located in Madison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Valley Mills.
- Indiana
Curious and Interesting Names Near Valley 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.
- Brewers Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brewers Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewers Corner
- Brewers Corner is located in Oneida County
- Clockville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clockville
- Clockville is located in Madison County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clockville <5>
- Five Chimneys Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Chimneys Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Chimneys Corner
- Five Chimneys Corner is located in Madison County
- Five Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Five Corners is located in Madison County
- Merrillsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merrillsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrillsville
- Merrillsville is located in Madison County
- Pratts
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Pratts Hollow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts Hollow
- Pratts Hollow is located in Madison County
- Scribner Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scribner Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scribner Corners
- Scribner Corners is located in Madison County
- Willow Place
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Place
- Willow Place is located in Oneida County
How Far From Valley 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 Valley Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Valley Mills and extending to:
- Wampsville, which is the Seat of Madison County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Valley Mills to Albany, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 293 miles [471.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,665 miles [9,116.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,384 miles [10,274.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,260 miles [6,855.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Valley Mills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Madison County: www.madisoncounty.org/
The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/
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- Valley Mills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Valley Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0131, Longitude: -75.5934 |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Valley Mills could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Valley Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Valley Mills to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.656 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.694 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.343 degrees. |