Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Johnsons Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Johnsons Mill and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Johnsons 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 Johnsons Mill:
- 39.569262, -78.199450
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Johnsons 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 Morgan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Morgan County
- Since Johnsons Mill is near Berkeley County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Berkeley County
- eBird sighting report for Washington 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Johnsons Mill ...
We found eight communities that share the name Johnsons Mill.
Within West Virginia, the name Johnsons Mill is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Marshall County
- This Johnsons Mill is located in Marshall County and lies 583 miles [938.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Johnsons Mill that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Johnsons Mill.
- Idaho
- Clearwater County
- This Johnsons Mill is located in Clearwater County and lies 1,942 miles [3,125.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Johnsons Mill that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clearwater County community of Johnsons Mill.
- North Carolina
- Hoke County
- This Johnsons Mill is located in Hoke County and lies 318 miles [511.8 km]<1> to the south of the Johnsons Mill that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hoke County community of Johnsons Mill.
- Ohio
- Muskingum County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Muskingum County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muskingum County community of Johnsons Mill.
- Oregon
- Marion County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Johnsons Mill [Marion County].
- Pennsylvania
- Fulton County
- This Johnsons Mill is located in Fulton County and lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Johnsons Mill that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Johnsons Mill.
- Tennessee
- Hickman County
- This Johnsons Mill is located in Hickman County and lies 558 miles [898 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Johnsons Mill that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hickman County community of Johnsons Mill.
- Virginia
- Lee County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Johnsons Mill [Lee County].
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Johnsons 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.
- Bath
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Burnt Factory
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burnt Factory have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Factory
- Burnt Factory is located in Morgan County
- Duckwall
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Elk Branch ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elk Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Branch
- Elk Branch is located in Berkeley County
- Jimtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Jones Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jones Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Springs
- Jones Springs is located in Berkeley County
- Ridersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ridersville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridersville
- Ridersville is located in Morgan County
- Roundtop ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Shady Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Shady Grove is located in Morgan County
- Sir Johns Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sir Johns Run have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sir Johns Run
- Sir Johns Run is located in Morgan County
How Far From Johnsons 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 Johnsons Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Johnsons Mill and extending to:
- Berkeley Springs, which is the Seat of Morgan County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 202 miles [325.1 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Johnsons Mill to Charleston, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 77 miles [123.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,918 miles [9,524.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,628 miles [10,666.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,504 miles [7,248.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Johnsons Mill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Johnsons Mill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Johnsons Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5693, Longitude: -78.1994 In this case, the coordinates for Johnsons Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Johnsons Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Johnsons 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. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Johnsons Mill to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.541 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.282 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.954 degrees. |