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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 Bells Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bells 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 Bells Mills:
- 40.952842, -78.922811
- 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 Bells 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 Bells Mills is near Lawrence County and also Indiana County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Indiana 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 Bells Mills
Communities Also Named Bells Mills ...
We found two communities that are also named Bells Mills.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Bells Mills is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of two communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Cleburne 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 Alabama community of Bells Mills [Cleburne County].
- New Brunswick
- This Bells Mills lies 804 miles [1,293.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Bells Mills that is located in Jefferson County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bells 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 Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Big Run is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
- Bowersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bowersville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowersville
- Canoe Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Canoe Ridge is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoe Ridge
- Desire
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Desire is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desire
- Flora
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Flora is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora
- Foxburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Foxburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxburg
- Frostburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Frostburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frostburg
- Harmony
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Harmony is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Hillman
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hillman is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillman
- Juneau
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Juneau is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juneau
- Panic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Panic is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panic
- Robertsville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Robertsville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsville
- Stump Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Bells 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 Bells Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bells Mills and extending to:
- Brookville, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bells Mills to Brookville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 116 miles [186.7 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 173 miles [278.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,888 miles [9,475.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,605 miles [10,629.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,481 miles [7,211.5 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 Bells 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bells 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 Bells 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 Bells Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9528, Longitude: -78.9228 In this case, the coordinates for Bells Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.896 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.898 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.747 degrees. |
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