Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Peru 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 Peru Mills:
  • 40.376191, -77.685270
  • 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 Peru 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 Juniata County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Juniata County
  • Since Peru Mills is near Mifflin County and also Perry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mifflin County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Perry 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 Peru Mills

Curious and Interesting Names Near Peru 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.

• Cross Keys
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Cross Keys is located in Juniata County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
• Honey Grove
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Honey Grove is located in Juniata County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Grove
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Honey Grove <1>
• Little Kansas
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Little Kansas is located in Mifflin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Kansas
• Lockport
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Lockport is located in Mifflin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport
• Longfellow
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Longfellow is located in Mifflin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longfellow
• Lucy Furnace
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Lucy Furnace is located in Mifflin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy Furnace
• Mount Pleasant
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Mount Pleasant is located in Perry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
• Pleasant View
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Pleasant View is located in Juniata County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
• Reeds Gap
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Reeds Gap is located in Juniata County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Gap
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Reeds Gap
  • From Peru Mills to Reeds Gap
• Spears Grove
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Spears Grove is located in Juniata County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spears Grove
• Stony Point
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Stony Point is located in Perry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
• Vineyard
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Vineyard is located in Mifflin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyard

How Far From Peru 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 Peru 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 Peru Mills and extending to:

• Mifflintown, which is the Seat of Juniata County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Peru Mills to Mifflintown, 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 most of a day.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 42 miles [67.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 107 miles [172.2 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,862 miles [9,434 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,574 miles [10,579.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,450 miles [7,161.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'