Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for McGees 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 McGees Mills:
  • 40.881730, -78.762530
  • 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 McGees 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 Clearfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Clearfield County
  • Since McGees Mills is near Indiana County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Indiana County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 McGees Mills

Curious and Interesting Names Near McGees 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.

• Bells Landing
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Bells Landing is located in Clearfield County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Landing
• Bower
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Bower is located in Clearfield County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bower
• Bowersville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Bowersville is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowersville
• Cherry Corner
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Cherry Corner is located in Clearfield County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Corner
• Clover Run
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Clover Run is located in Clearfield County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Run
• Curry Run
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Curry Run is located in Clearfield County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry Run
• Five Points
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Five Points is located in Clearfield County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
• Flora
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Flora is located in Indiana County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora
• Glen Campbell
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Glen Campbell is located in Indiana County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Campbell
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 226 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glen Campbell <1>
• Harmony
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Harmony is located in Clearfield County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
• Hillman
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Hillman is located in Indiana County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillman
• Keal Run
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Keal Run is located in Indiana County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keal Run
• Patchinville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Patchinville is located in Clearfield County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patchinville

How Far From McGees 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 McGees 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 McGees Mills and extending to:

• Clearfield, which is the Seat of Clearfield County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from McGees Mills to Clearfield, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 106 miles [170.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 164 miles [263.9 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,884 miles [9,469.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,601 miles [10,623.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,477 miles [7,205 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'