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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 Bucks Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bucks Mill and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Bucks Mill:
    • 39.141743, -81.946527
    • 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 Bucks 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 Meigs County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Meigs County
    • Since Bucks Mill is near Athens County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Athens County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Bucks Mill

Communities Also Named Bucks Mill ...

We found four communities that are also named Bucks Mill.

Within Ohio, the name Bucks Mill is unique.

Beyond Ohio, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Madison County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Bucks Mill [Madison County].
    • Minnesota
      • Becker County
      • This Bucks Mill is located in Becker County and lies 876 miles [1,409.8 km]<2> to the northwest of the Bucks Mill that is located in Meigs County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Becker County community of Bucks Mill.
    • New Jersey
      • Monmouth County
      • This Bucks Mill is located in Monmouth County and lies 418 miles [672.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Bucks Mill that is located in Meigs County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monmouth County community of Bucks Mill.
    • Tennessee
      • Lincoln County
      • This Bucks Mill is located in Lincoln County and lies 381 miles [613.2 km]<2> to the southwest of the Bucks Mill that is located in Meigs County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Bucks Mill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bucks 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.

  • Anthony
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Anthony is located in Athens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony
  • Chester
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Chester is located in Meigs County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
  • Darwin
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Darwin is located in Meigs County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin
  • Five Points
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Five Points is located in Meigs County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Flatwoods
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Flatwoods is located in Meigs County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwoods
  • Flora
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Flora is located in Meigs County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora
  • Hemlock Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Hemlock Grove is located in Meigs County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock Grove
  • Keno
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Keno is located in Meigs County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keno
  • Kingsbury
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Kingsbury is located in Meigs County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
  • Pratts Fork
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pratts Fork is located in Athens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts Fork
  • Rock Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Rock Springs is located in Meigs County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
  • Success
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Success is located in Meigs County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success

How Far From Bucks Mill to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Bucks Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bucks Mill and extending to:

  • Pomeroy, which is the Seat of Meigs County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bucks Mill to Pomeroy, 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 80 miles [128.7 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 263 miles [423.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,090 miles [9,800.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,808 miles [10,956.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,683 miles [7,536.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Bucks Mill 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bucks Mill) 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 Bucks Mill 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 Bucks Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1417, Longitude: -81.9465       In this case, the coordinates for Bucks Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.836 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.83 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.744 degrees.