Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Mills Junction

• 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 Mills Junction:
  • 40.653202, -112.289178
  • 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 Mills Junction

• 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 Tooele County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Tooele County
  • Since Mills Junction is near Utah County and also Salt Lake County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Utah County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Salt Lake 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 Mills Junction

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mills Junction ...

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.

• Angels Grove
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Angels Grove is located in Tooele County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angels Grove
• Arthur ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Arthur is located in Salt Lake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Arthur
  • From Mills Junction to Arthur
• Copper Cove
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Copper Cove is located in Salt Lake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Cove
• Copperfield ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Copperfield is located in Salt Lake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperfield
  • Former name for Copperfield:
  • Upper Bingham
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Copperfield
  • From Mills Junction to Copperfield
• Cyprus Heights
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Cyprus Heights is located in Salt Lake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyprus Heights
• Grantsville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Grantsville is located in Tooele County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,409 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grantsville <1>
• Highland
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Highland is located in Salt Lake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
• Lincoln
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Lincoln is located in Tooele County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
  • Former names for Lincoln:
  • Lake View
  • Pine Canyon
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Lincoln
  • From Mills Junction to Lincoln
• Majestic Grove
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Majestic Grove is located in Salt Lake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic Grove
• Marshall
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Marshall is located in Tooele County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
• Tad Park
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Tad Park is located in Tooele County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tad Park

How Far From Mills Junction 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 Mills Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mills Junction and extending to:

• Tooele, which is the Seat of Tooele County, lies just to the South.
• Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Mills Junction to Salt Lake City, 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.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,862 miles [2,996.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of three days, a buggy would take 73 days and walking would take 106 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,015 miles [11,289.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,783 miles [12,525.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,765 miles [9,277.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'