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Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Moores Mill:
    • 37.918467, -76.658568
    • 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 Moores Mill
  • 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 Richmond County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Richmond County
    • Since Moores Mill is near Northumberland County and also Westmoreland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Northumberland County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Westmoreland 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 Moores Mill

Communities Also Named Moores Mill ...

We found nine communities that are also named Moores Mill.

There is one other community in Virginia that is also named Moores Mill.

Beyond Virginia, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Virginia ...
    • Henry County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Moores Mill [Henry County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Madison County
      • This Moores Mill is located in Madison County and lies 587 miles [944.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Moores Mill that is located in Richmond County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Moores Mill.
    • Arkansas
      • Ashley County
      • This Moores Mill is located in Ashley County and lies 917 miles [1,475.8 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Moores Mill that is located in Richmond County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashley County community of Moores Mill.
    • Kentucky
      • Monroe County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Moores Mill [Monroe County].
    • Maryland
      • Harford County
      • This Moores Mill is located in Harford County and lies 113 miles [181.9 km]<2> to the north of the Moores Mill that is located in Richmond County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Moores Mill.
    • Mississippi
      • Tishomingo County
      • This Moores Mill is located in Tishomingo County and lies 691 miles [1,112.1 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Moores Mill that is located in Richmond County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tishomingo County community of Moores Mill.
    • Missouri
      • Callaway County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Callaway County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Callaway County community of Moores Mill.
    • New Jersey
      • Burlington County
      • This Moores Mill is located in Burlington County and lies 169 miles [272 km]<2> to the northeast of the Moores Mill that is located in Richmond County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burlington County community of Moores Mill.
    • New York
      • Dutchess County
      • This Moores Mill is located in Dutchess County and lies 303 miles [487.6 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Moores Mill that is located in Richmond County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dutchess County community of Moores Mill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Moores Mill ...

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.

  • Acorn
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Acorn is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn
  • Fairplay
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Fairplay is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplay
  • Hogans Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Hogans Hill is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogans Hill
  • Hyacinth
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hyacinth is located in Northumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyacinth
  • Indian Field
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Indian Field is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Field
  • Moon Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Moon Corner is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon Corner
  • Mulch
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Mulch is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulch
  • Rainswood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Rainswood is located in Northumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainswood
  • Rich Neck
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Rich Neck is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Neck
  • Slash
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Slash is located in Northumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slash
  • Threeway
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Threeway is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threeway
  • Tidewater
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Tidewater is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidewater
  • Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Village is located in Northumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village

How Far From Moores Mill 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 Moores Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Moores Mill and extending to:

  • Warsaw, which is the Seat of Richmond County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 49 miles [78.9 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Moores Mill to Richmond, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 70 miles [112.7 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,923 miles [9,532.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,622 miles [10,657.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,501 miles [7,243.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Moores Mill could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Moores Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Moores Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<5>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Moores Mill to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Moores Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9185, Longitude: -76.6586       In this case, the coordinates for Moores Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.728 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.105 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.932 degrees.