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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 Rock Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rock Mills 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 Rock Mills:
    • 39.443119, -83.409083
    • 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 Rock Mills
  • 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

Communities Also Named Rock Mills ...

We found four communities that share the name Rock Mills.

Within Ohio, the name Rock Mills is unique.

Beyond Ohio, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Randolph County
      • This Rock Mills is located in Randolph County and lies 446 miles [717.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Rock Mills that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Rock Mills.
    • California
      • Alameda County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Rock Mills [Alameda County].
    • Ontario
      • This Rock Mills lies 366 miles [589 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Rock Mills that is located in Fayette County.
    • Virginia
      • Rappahannock County
      • This Rock Mills is located in Rappahannock County and lies 288 miles [463.5 km]<1> to the east of the Rock Mills that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rappahannock County community of Rock Mills.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rock 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.

  • Bridges
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges
    • Bridges is located in Highland County
  • Fruitdale
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitdale
    • Fruitdale is located in Ross County
  • Georgetown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Georgetown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
    • Georgetown is located in Fayette County
  • Good Hope
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Good Hope have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
    • Good Hope is located in Fayette County
  • Greenfield
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Harper
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harper have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
    • Harper is located in Ross County
  • Jasper Mills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jasper Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper Mills
    • Jasper Mills is located in Fayette County
  • Kingfred ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingfred have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingfred
    • Kingfred is located in Fayette County
  • Leesburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • New Holland
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Holland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Holland
    • New Holland is located in Pickaway County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 857 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Holland <4>

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

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

  • Washington Court House, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 42 miles [67.6 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Rock Mills to Columbus, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 343 miles [552 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,135 miles [9,873.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,858 miles [11,036.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,733 miles [7,617 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rock Mills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Fayette County: www.fayette-co-oh.com/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Rock Mills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rock Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4431, Longitude: -83.4091       In this case, the coordinates for Rock Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>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 Rock 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.
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Rock 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 311.738 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.902 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.301 degrees.




 

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