Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Parks Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Parks Mills and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Parks Mills
- 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 Parks Mills:
- 40.034388, -82.932760
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Parks 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 Franklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Since Parks Mills is near Delaware County and also Licking County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Delaware County
- eBird sighting report for Licking 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Parks 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.
- Big Walnut ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Walnut have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Walnut
- Big Walnut is located in Franklin County
- Blacklick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacklick
- Blacklick is located in Franklin County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blacklick <2>
- Columbus
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Columbus is located in Franklin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 903,852 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbus <2>
- Havens Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havens Corners
- Havens Corners is located in Franklin County
- Highway ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Minerva Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minerva Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva Park
- Minerva Park is located in Franklin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
- Pinhook ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Roseland ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
- Roseland is located in Franklin County
- Seagrove ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Wildwood Springs ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wildwood Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Springs
- Wildwood Springs is located in Franklin County
- Wonderland ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wonderland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonderland
- Wonderland is located in Franklin County
How Far From Parks 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 Parks Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Parks Mills once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Parks Mills and extending to:
- Columbus, which is the Seat of Franklin County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies just to the southwest (SW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 323 miles [519.8 km]<4> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Parks Mills to White House, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 19 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,089 miles [9,799.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,813 miles [10,964.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,689 miles [7,546.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Franklin County: www.co.franklin.oh.us/
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Parks Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Parks Mills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Parks Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0344, Longitude: -82.9328 In this case, the coordinates for Parks Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Parks Mills to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.428 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.636 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.897 degrees. |