Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Tri 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 Tri Mills:
  • 41.261749, -76.345495
  • 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 Tri 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 Columbia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia County
  • Since Tri Mills is near Luzerne County and also Sullivan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Luzerne County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan 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 Tri Mills

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tri 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.

• Central
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Central is located in Columbia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
• Divide
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Divide is located in Columbia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divide
• Elk Grove
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Elk Grove is located in Columbia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Grove
• Five Points
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Five Points is located in Columbia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
• Marshall Hollow
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Marshall Hollow is located in Luzerne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Hollow
• Mossville
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Mossville is located in Luzerne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossville
• Polkville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Polkville is located in Columbia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkville
• Red Hill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Red Hill is located in Luzerne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
• Red Rock
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Red Rock is located in Luzerne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
• Register
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Register is located in Luzerne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Register

How Far From Tri Mills to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Tri Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Tri Mills and extending to:

• Bloomsburg, which is the Seat of Columbia County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Tri Mills to Bloomsburg, with an average speed<2> 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 five to six hours.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 73 miles [117.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 167 miles [268.8 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,769 miles [9,284.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,482 miles [10,431.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,358 miles [7,013.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'