Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Oliver Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oliver Mills and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Oliver 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 Oliver Mills:
- 41.217026, -75.841862
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Oliver 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 Luzerne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Luzerne County
- Since Oliver Mills is near Carbon County and also Lackawanna County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Carbon County
- eBird sighting report for Lackawanna 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oliver 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.
- Edwardsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edwardsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Edwardsville is located in Luzerne County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,738 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edwardsville <2>
- Forest Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Forest Park is located in Luzerne County
- Forty Fort
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Forty Fort. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forty Fort
- Forty Fort is located in Luzerne County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,025 people
- Fox Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Georgetown
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Georgetown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Georgetown is located in Luzerne County
- Gracedale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Keystone
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Laurel Run
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Run
- Laurel Run is located in Luzerne County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laurel Run <2>
- Lee Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Miners Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miners Mills
- Miners Mills is located in Luzerne County
- Mountain Top
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Top have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Top
- Mountain Top is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mountain Top <2>
- Parsons
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Plains
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains
- Plains is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plains <2>
- Sugar Notch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar Notch have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Notch
- Sugar Notch is located in Luzerne County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
How Far From Oliver 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 Oliver Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Oliver Mills and extending to:
- Wilkes-Barre, which is the Seat of Luzerne County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 84 miles [135.2 km]<4> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Oliver Mills to Harrisburg, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 172 miles [276.8 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,750 miles [9,253.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,462 miles [10,399.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,338 miles [6,981.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Oliver Mills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Luzerne County: www.luzernecounty.org/
The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Oliver Mills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oliver Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2170, Longitude: -75.8419 In this case, the coordinates for Oliver Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Oliver Mills to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.993 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.786 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.252 degrees. |