Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Sheets Mills:
  • 39.182314, -80.377868
  • 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 Sheets 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 Harrison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison County
  • Since Sheets Mills is near Lewis County and also Doddridge County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Doddridge 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 Sheets Mills

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sheets 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.

• Chestnut Hills
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Chestnut Hills is located in Harrison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hills
• Goodhope
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Goodhope is located in Harrison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodhope
• Homeland
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Homeland is located in Lewis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland
• Industrial
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Industrial is located in Harrison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Industrial
• Jane Lew
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Jane Lew is located in Lewis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jane Lew
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 388 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jane Lew <1>
• Johnstown
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Johnstown is located in Harrison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
• Lightburn
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Lightburn is located in Lewis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightburn
• Lost Creek
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Lost Creek is located in Harrison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 462 people
• Nutter Fort
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Nutter Fort is located in Harrison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutter Fort
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,501 people
• Quiet Dell
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Quiet Dell is located in Harrison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quiet Dell
• Rider
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Rider is located in Harrison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rider
• Romines Mills
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Romines Mills is located in Harrison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romines Mills
• South Park
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • South Park is located in Lewis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Park

How Far From Sheets Mills 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 Sheets 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 Sheets Mills and extending to:

• Clarksburg, which is the Seat of Harrison County, lies just to the North Northeast.
• Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 88 miles [141.6 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Sheets Mills to Charleston, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 180 miles [289.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,025 miles [9,696.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,739 miles [10,845.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,614 miles [7,425.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'