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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 Doyles Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Doyles 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 Doyles Mills:
- 40.484595, -77.514584
- 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 Doyles 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 Juniata County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Juniata County
- Since Doyles Mills is near Mifflin County and also Perry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mifflin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Perry 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 Doyles Mills
Curious and Interesting Names Near Doyles 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.
- Hawstone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hawstone is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawstone
- Honey Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lewistown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lockport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lockport is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport
- Longfellow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Longfellow is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longfellow
- Martins Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Martins Crossroads is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Crossroads
- Mount Pleasant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Pleasant View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant View is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Reeds Gap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rockville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rockville is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Seven Pines
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Seven Pines is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Pines
- Spruce Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Spruce Hill is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Hill
- Stony Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Stony Point is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Walnut
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
How Far From Doyles 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 Doyles Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Doyles Mills and extending to:
- Mifflintown, which is the Seat of Juniata County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Doyles Mills to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3> 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 112 miles [180.2 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,850 miles [9,414.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,563 miles [10,562.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,438 miles [7,142.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Doyles Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Doyles 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 Doyles Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4846, Longitude: -77.5146 In this case, the coordinates for Doyles Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.067 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.886 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.299 degrees. |
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