Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Price Mill:
  • 36.812925, -77.921941
  • 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 Price 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 Brunswick County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Brunswick County
  • Since Price Mill is near Lunenburg County and also Mecklenburg County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lunenburg County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mecklenburg 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 Price Mill

Curious and Interesting Names Near Price 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.

• Alberta
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Alberta is located in Brunswick County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 265 people
• Cool Spring
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Cool Spring is located in Brunswick County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool Spring
• Danieltown
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Danieltown is located in Brunswick County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danieltown
• Diamond Grove
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Diamond Grove is located in Brunswick County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Grove
• Dolphin
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Dolphin is located in Brunswick County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolphin
• Edmunds Store
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Edmunds Store is located in Brunswick County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmunds Store
• Forksville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Forksville is located in Mecklenburg County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forksville
• Gills Corner
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Gills Corner is located in Lunenburg County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills Corner
• Octagon
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Octagon is located in Brunswick County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octagon
• Rocky Ford
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Rocky Ford is located in Brunswick County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
• Stones Mill
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Stones Mill is located in Lunenburg County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Mill
• Sturgeonville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Sturgeonville is located in Brunswick County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgeonville
• Tobacco
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Tobacco is located in Brunswick County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobacco
• Vote
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Vote is located in Brunswick County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vote

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

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

• Lawrenceville, which is the Seat of Brunswick County, lies just to the Southeast.
• Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Price Mill to Richmond, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 151 miles [243 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,024 miles [9,694.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,722 miles [10,818 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,602 miles [7,406.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'