Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Mill Rock:
  • 40.798734, -80.592136
  • 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 Mill Rock

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

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mill Rock ...

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.

• Campus
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Campus is located in Columbiana County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campus
• Jimtown
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jimtown is located in Columbiana County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
• Middle Beaver ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Middle Beaver is located in Columbiana County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Beaver
• Newhouse ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Newhouse is located in Columbiana County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newhouse
• Rogers
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Rogers is located in Columbiana County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rogers <1>
• Rowtown
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Rowtown is located in Beaver County (PA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowtown
• Signal
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Signal is located in Columbiana County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Signal
• Sprucevale
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Sprucevale is located in Columbiana County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprucevale
• Union Ridge
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Union Ridge is located in Columbiana County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Ridge
• Unity
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Unity is located in Columbiana County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Unity
  • From Mill Rock to Unity

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

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

• Lisbon, which is the Seat of Columbiana County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Mill Rock to Lisbon, 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 138 miles [222.1 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 229 miles [368.5 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,962 miles [9,594.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,683 miles [10,755.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,558 miles [7,335.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'