Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Wallace 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 Wallace Mills:
  • 38.858408, -82.797114
  • 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 Wallace 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 Scioto County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Scioto County
  • Since Wallace Mills is near Jackson County and also Lawrence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence 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 Wallace Mills

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wallace 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.

• Bloom Junction
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Bloom Junction is located in Scioto County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom Junction
• Clarktown
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Clarktown is located in Scioto County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarktown
• Edmunds Switch
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Edmunds Switch is located in Scioto County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmunds Switch
• Egypt
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Egypt is located in Scioto County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
• Fair Oaks
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Fair Oaks is located in Scioto County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
• Frederick
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Frederick is located in Scioto County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frederick
• Mabee Corner
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Mabee Corner is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabee Corner
• Pinkerman
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Pinkerman is located in Scioto County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkerman
• Purdy Corners
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Purdy Corners is located in Scioto County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy Corners
• Rubyville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Rubyville is located in Scioto County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubyville
• Stockdale
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Stockdale is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Wallace Mills and extending to:

• Portsmouth, which is the Seat of Scioto County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Wallace Mills to Portsmouth, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 77 miles [123.9 km] to the north (N). 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 309 miles [497.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,138 miles [9,878.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,856 miles [11,033.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,732 miles [7,615.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'