Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Buchers 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 Buchers Mills:
  • 41.761171, -79.169766
  • 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 Buchers 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 Warren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
  • Since Buchers Mills is near Forest County and also McKean County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Forest County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for McKean 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 Buchers Mills

Curious and Interesting Names Near Buchers 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.

• Backup Corners
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Backup Corners is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Backup Corners
• Balltown
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Balltown is located in Forest County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
• Hearts Content
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hearts Content is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hearts Content
• Hemlock
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Hemlock is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
• Henrys Mills
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Henrys Mills is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrys Mills
• Hermit Spring
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Hermit Spring is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermit Spring
• Hoover
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Hoover is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
• Jackson Run
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Jackson Run is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Run
• Magee
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Magee is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magee
• Continue List   (6 more) ...
  • Mayburg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Mayburg is located in Forest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayburg
  • Milltown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Milltown is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
  • Minister
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Minister is located in Forest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minister
  • Rogertown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Rogertown is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogertown
  • Starbrick
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Starbrick is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starbrick
  • Truemans
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Truemans is located in Forest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truemans

How Far From Buchers Mills to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Buchers 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 Buchers Mills and extending to:

• Warren, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies just to the North Northeast.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 156 miles [251.1 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Buchers Mills to Harrisburg, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 227 miles [365.3 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,862 miles [9,434 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,584 miles [10,595.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,459 miles [7,176.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'