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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 Oliver Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oliver 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 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.
- Open 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:
- Open the 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carbon County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Oliver Mills
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)
- Forest Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Park is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Forty Fort
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Forty Fort is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forty Fort
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,025 people
- Fox Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fox Hill is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hill
- Georgetown
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Georgetown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Gracedale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Gracedale is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gracedale
- Keystone
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Keystone is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Laurel Run
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lee Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lee Park is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Park
- Miners Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Miners Mills is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miners Mills
- Mountain Top
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Parsons
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Parsons is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons
- Plains
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sugar Notch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sugar Notch is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Notch
- 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<2> 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]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Oliver Mills to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>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<4> 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).<5>
- 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).<6>
- 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).<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 'straight-line' 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. 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 Oliver 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 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> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.993 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.786 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.252 degrees. |
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