Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Poe 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 Poe Mills:
  • 40.834800, -77.417600
  • 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 Poe 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 Centre County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Centre County
  • Since Poe Mills is near Union County and also Snyder County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Snyder 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 Poe Mills

Curious and Interesting Names Near Poe 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.

• Beaverdam
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Beaverdam is located in Centre County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdam
• Belltown
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Belltown is located in Mifflin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
• Cherry Run
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Cherry Run is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Run
• Crossgrove
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Crossgrove is located in Snyder County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossgrove
• Green Grove
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Green Grove is located in Centre County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
• Knobville
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Knobville is located in Mifflin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobville
• Locust Grove
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Locust Grove is located in Centre County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
• Middle Creek
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Middle Creek is located in Snyder County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Creek
• Pardee
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Pardee is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardee
• Rockville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Rockville is located in Centre County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
• Snook
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Snook is located in Mifflin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snook
• Spring Bank
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Spring Bank is located in Centre County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Bank
• Spring Mills
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Spring Mills is located in Centre County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mills
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spring Mills <1>
• Wolfs Store
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Wolfs Store is located in Centre County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfs Store

How Far From Poe 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 Poe 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 Poe Mills and extending to:

• Bellefonte, which is the Seat of Centre County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Poe Mills to Bellefonte, 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 47 miles [75.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 135 miles [217.3 km] to the south (S). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,831 miles [9,384.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,545 miles [10,533.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,420 miles [7,113.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'