Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Paint 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 Paint Mills:
  • 41.251451, -79.413934
  • 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 Paint 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 Clarion County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Clarion County
  • Since Paint Mills is near Venango County and also Forest County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Venango County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Forest 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 Paint Mills

Curious and Interesting Names Near Paint 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.

• Beaver City
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Beaver City is located in Clarion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver City
• Canoe Furnace
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Canoe Furnace is located in Clarion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoe Furnace
• Elk City
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Elk City is located in Clarion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk City
• Elmo
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Elmo is located in Clarion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
• Fern
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Fern is located in Clarion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern
• Fryburg
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Fryburg is located in Clarion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fryburg <1>
• Helen Furnace
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Helen Furnace is located in Clarion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Furnace
• Iron City
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Iron City is located in Clarion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
• Marble
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Marble is located in Clarion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marble <1>
• Marianne
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Marianne is located in Clarion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marianne
• Mechanicsville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Mechanicsville is located in Clarion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
• Pine City
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Pine City is located in Clarion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
• Stone House
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Stone House is located in Clarion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone House

How Far From Paint 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 Paint 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 Paint Mills and extending to:

• Clarion, which is the Seat of Clarion County, lies just to the South Southeast.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 148 miles [238.2 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Paint Mills to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 205 miles [329.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,894 miles [9,485.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,614 miles [10,644.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,490 miles [7,226 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'