Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Village 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 Village Mills:
  • 30.493818, -94.397416
  • 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 Village 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 Hardin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hardin County
  • Since Village Mills is near Tyler County and also Polk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Tyler County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Polk 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 Village Mills

Curious and Interesting Names Near Village 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.

• Bragg ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Bragg is located in Hardin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg
• Dies
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Dies is located in Hardin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dies
• Gore Landing
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Gore Landing is located in Hardin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gore Landing
• Holly Grove
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Holly Grove is located in Polk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
• Honey Island
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Honey Island is located in Hardin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Island
• Ivanhoe
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Ivanhoe is located in Tyler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,438 people
• Oak Shade
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Oak Shade is located in Polk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Shade
• Thicket
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Thicket is located in Hardin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thicket
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thicket <1>
• Wildwood
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Wildwood is located in Hardin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood

How Far From Village Mills to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Village 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 Village Mills and extending to:

• Kountze, which is the Seat of Hardin County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Village Mills to Kountze, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 199 miles [320.3 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,140 miles [1,834.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 45 days and walking would take 65 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,011 miles [11,283.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,731 miles [12,441.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,606 miles [9,022 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'