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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 Allens Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Allens 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 Allens Mills:
- 41.199910, -78.907683
- 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 Allens 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Allens Mills is near Clearfield County and also Elk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clearfield County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Elk 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 Allens Mills
Communities Also Named Allens Mills ...
We found five communities that are also named Allens Mills.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Allens Mills is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Carroll 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 Georgia community of Allens Mills [Carroll County].
- Elbert County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Allens Mills [Elbert County].
- Maine
- Franklin County
- This Allens Mills is located in Franklin County and lies 507 miles [815.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Allens Mills that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Allens Mills.
- New Hampshire
- Belknap County
- This Allens Mills is located in Belknap County and lies 409 miles [658.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Allens Mills that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Belknap County community of Allens Mills.
- New Jersey
- Warren County
- This Allens Mills is located in Warren County and lies 200 miles [321.9 km]<2> to the east of the Allens Mills that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Allens Mills.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Allens 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.
- Blowtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Blowtown is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blowtown
- Deemers Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Deemers Crossroads is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deemers Crossroads
- Egypt
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Egypt is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Erie Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Erie Junction is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie Junction
- Falls Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harveys Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Harveys Run is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveys Run
- Iowa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Iowa is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa
- Lanes Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lanes Mills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes Mills
- Red Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rockdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rockdale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Sandy Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sugar Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Hill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
How Far From Allens 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 Allens Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Allens Mills and extending to:
- Brookville, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Allens Mills to Brookville, with an average speed<4> 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.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 123 miles [197.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 187 miles [300.9 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,876 miles [9,456.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,595 miles [10,613.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,470 miles [7,193.8 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Allens 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Allens 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 Allens 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 Allens Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1999, Longitude: -78.9077 In this case, the coordinates for Allens Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.87 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.907 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.644 degrees. |
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