Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Freeport 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 Freeport Mills:
  • 40.401758, -76.413571
  • 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 Freeport 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 Lebanon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lebanon County
  • Since Freeport Mills is near Berks County and also Schuylkill County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Berks County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Schuylkill 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 Freeport Mills

Curious and Interesting Names Near Freeport 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.

• Cornwall Junction
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Cornwall Junction is located in Lebanon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Junction
• Ebenezer
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Ebenezer is located in Lebanon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
• Fredericksburg
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Fredericksburg is located in Lebanon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fredericksburg <1>
• Hebron
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Hebron is located in Lebanon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
• Jonestown
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Jonestown is located in Lebanon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,031 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jonestown <1>
• Mount Ararat
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Mount Ararat is located in Lebanon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ararat
• Pansy Hill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Pansy Hill is located in Lebanon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy Hill
• Pleasant Hill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Pleasant Hill is located in Lebanon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
• Rockwood
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Rockwood is located in Lebanon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
• Sand Hill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Sand Hill is located in Lebanon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
• Shirksville
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Shirksville is located in Lebanon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirksville
• Sunset
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Sunset is located in Lebanon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset

How Far From Freeport 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 Freeport 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 Freeport Mills and extending to:

• Lebanon, which is the Seat of Lebanon County, lies just to the South.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Freeport Mills to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 109 miles [175.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 5,808 miles [9,347.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,518 miles [10,489.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,394 miles [7,071.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'