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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 North River Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North River Mills 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 North River Mills:
    • 39.336521, -78.503430
    • 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 North River 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 Hampshire County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hampshire County
    • Since North River Mills is near Frederick County and also Morgan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Frederick County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan 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 North River Mills

Curious and Interesting Names Near North River 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.

  • Bubbling Spring
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bubbling Spring is located in Hampshire County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bubbling Spring
  • Cold Stream
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Cold Stream is located in Hampshire County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Stream
  • Creekvale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Creekvale is located in Hampshire County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekvale
  • Frenchburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Frenchburg is located in Hampshire County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchburg
  • Good
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • High View
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Hooks Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Hooks Mills is located in Hampshire County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks Mills
  • Points
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Rolling Hills
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Rolling Hills is located in Frederick County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
  • Shanks
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Shanks is located in Hampshire County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanks
  • Spring Gap ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Spring Gap is located in Hampshire County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Gap
  • Three Churches
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Timber Ridge
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Timber Ridge is located in Frederick County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge
  • Wildwood Hills
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Wildwood Hills is located in Frederick County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Hills

How Far From North River Mills 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 North River 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 North River Mills and extending to:

  • Romney, which is the Seat of Hampshire County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from North River Mills to Romney, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 181 miles [291.3 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 84 miles [135.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,940 miles [9,559.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,651 miles [10,703.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,526 miles [7,283.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- North River Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 North River Mills 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 North River Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3365, Longitude: -78.5034       In this case, the coordinates for North River Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.736 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.469 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.172 degrees.