Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Bears Mill:
  • 40.110882, -84.540786
  • 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 Bears Mill

• 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 Darke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Darke County
  • Since Bears Mill is near Miami County and also Shelby County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Miami County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby 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 Bears Mill

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bears Mill ...

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.

• Dawn
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Dawn is located in Darke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn
• Fourmans Corners
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Fourmans Corners is located in Darke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourmans Corners
• Frys Corners
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Frys Corners is located in Darke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frys Corners
• Greenville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Greenville is located in Darke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,627 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenville <1>
• Jaysville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jaysville is located in Darke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaysville
• Needmore
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Needmore is located in Darke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
• Painter Creek
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Painter Creek is located in Darke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painter Creek
• Pikeville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Pikeville is located in Darke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
• Poplar Ridge
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Poplar Ridge is located in Darke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
• Red River
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Red River is located in Darke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red River
• Steel Point
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Steel Point is located in Darke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steel Point
• Union Corners
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Union Corners is located in Darke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Corners

How Far From Bears Mill 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 Bears Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bears Mill and extending to:

• Greenville, which is the Seat of Darke County, lies just to the West.
• Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 82 miles [132 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Bears Mill to Columbus, with an average speed<3>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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 408 miles [656.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 24 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,149 miles [9,895.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,876 miles [11,065.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,753 miles [7,649.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'