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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 Moscow Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Moscow 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 Moscow Mills:
- 39.602851, -81.625683
- 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 Moscow 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 Morgan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
- Since Moscow Mills is near Washington County and also Noble County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Noble 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 Moscow Mills
Communities Also Named Moscow Mills ...
We found two communities that are also named Moscow Mills.
Within Ohio, the name Moscow Mills is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Allegany 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 Maryland community of Moscow Mills [Allegany County].
- Missouri
- Lincoln County
- This Moscow Mills is located in Lincoln County and lies 498 miles [801.5 km]<2> to the west of the Moscow Mills that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Moscow Mills.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Moscow 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.
- Beverly
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Centerville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Centerville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Coal Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Coal Run is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Run
- Equity
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Equity is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Equity
- Keith
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Keith is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith
- Luke Chute
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Luke Chute is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luke Chute
- Relief
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Relief is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Relief
- Rich Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rich Valley is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Valley
- Swift
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Swift is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
- Unionville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Unionville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
How Far From Moscow Mills 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 Moscow Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Moscow Mills and extending to:
- McConnelsville, which is the Seat of Morgan County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Moscow Mills to McConnelsville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 77 miles [123.9 km] to the west northwest (WNW). 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 250 miles [402.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,057 miles [9,747.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,775 miles [10,903.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,651 miles [7,485.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 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 Moscow 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. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Moscow Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Moscow 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 Moscow Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6029, Longitude: -81.6257 In this case, the coordinates for Moscow Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.626 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.659 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.449 degrees. |
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