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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 Barrs Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Barrs 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 Barrs Mills:
- 40.548984, -81.624016
- 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 Barrs 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 Tuscarawas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tuscarawas County
- Since Barrs Mills is near Holmes County and also Stark County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Holmes County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stark 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 Barrs Mills
Curious and Interesting Names Near Barrs 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.
- Beartown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Beartown is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
- Dundee
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Farmerstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Heritage Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Heritage Village is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Limpytown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Limpytown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limpytown
- Plainsburg ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Plainsburg is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainsburg
- Sugarcreek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Trail
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Trail is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trail
- Unionville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Unionville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Walnut Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Willow Glen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Willow Glen is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen
- Winklepleck Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Winklepleck Grove is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winklepleck Grove
How Far From Barrs 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 Barrs Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Barrs Mills and extending to:
- New Philadelphia, which is the Seat of Tuscarawas County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Barrs Mills to New Philadelphia, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 82 miles [132 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 most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 268 miles [431.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,014 miles [9,678.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,736 miles [10,840.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,612 miles [7,422.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Barrs Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Barrs 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 Barrs Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5490, Longitude: -81.6240 In this case, the coordinates for Barrs Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.593 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.762 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.126 degrees. |
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