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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 Burnt Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Burnt 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 Burnt Mills:
    • 39.941489, -76.306348
    • 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 Burnt 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 Lancaster County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lancaster County
    • Since Burnt Mills is near York County and also Harford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for York County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Harford 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 Burnt Mills

Communities Also Named Burnt Mills ...

We found five communities that are also named Burnt Mills.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Burnt Mills.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Chester County
      • This Burnt Mills is located in Chester County and lies 35 miles [56.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Burnt Mills that is located in Lancaster County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Burnt Mills.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maryland
      • Montgomery County
      • This Burnt Mills is located in Montgomery County and lies 72 miles [115.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Burnt Mills that is located in Lancaster County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Burnt Mills.
    • New Jersey
      • Somerset County
      • This Burnt Mills is located in Somerset County and lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Burnt Mills that is located in Lancaster County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Burnt Mills.
    • New York
      • Jefferson 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 New York community of Burnt Mills [Jefferson County].
    • North Carolina
      • Camden County
      • This Burnt Mills is located in Camden County and lies 244 miles [392.7 km]<1> to the south of the Burnt Mills that is located in Lancaster County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Burnt Mills.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Burnt 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.

  • Buck
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Buck is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck
  • Drytown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Drytown is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drytown
  • Fertility
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Fertility is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fertility
  • Garden Hills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Garden Hills is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Hills
  • Highville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Highville is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highville
  • Lime Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Lime Valley is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Valley
  • Lockport
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Lockport is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport
  • Oregon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Oregon is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon
  • Quaker Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Quaker Hills is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Hills
  • Rockhill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Rockhill is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhill
  • Safe Harbor
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Safe Harbor is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Safe Harbor
  • Slackwater
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Slackwater is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slackwater
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Stone Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Stone Hill is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Hill
    • Sunnyside
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Sunnyside is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
    • Truce
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Truce is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truce
    • Union
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Union is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
    • Willow Street
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Woodlawn
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Woodlawn is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

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

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

  • Lancaster, which is the Seat of Lancaster County, lies just to the North.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Burnt Mills to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two 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 81 miles [130.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,823 miles [9,371.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,530 miles [10,509 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,407 miles [7,092.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

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- Burnt Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Burnt 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>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 Burnt 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 Burnt Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9415, Longitude: -76.3063       In this case, the coordinates for Burnt Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.382 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.025 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.989 degrees.