Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Spring Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spring Mills and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Spring 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 Spring Mills:
- 39.558430, -77.953887
- 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 Spring 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 Berkeley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Berkeley County
- Since Spring Mills is near Washington County and also Morgan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Washington County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Spring Mills ...
We found seven communities that share the name Spring Mills.
Within West Virginia, the name Spring Mills is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Carroll County
- This Spring Mills is located in Carroll County and lies 50 miles [80.5 km]<1> to the east of the Spring Mills that is located in Berkeley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Spring Mills.
- Michigan
- Oakland County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Spring Mills [Oakland County].
- New Jersey
- Hunterdon County
- This Spring Mills is located in Hunterdon County and lies 166 miles [267.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Spring Mills that is located in Berkeley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hunterdon County community of Spring Mills.
- New York
- Allegany County
- This Spring Mills is located in Allegany County and lies 169 miles [272 km]<1> to the north of the Spring Mills that is located in Berkeley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegany County community of Spring Mills.
- Pennsylvania
- Centre County
- This Spring Mills is located in Centre County and lies 91 miles [146.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Spring Mills that is located in Berkeley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Centre County community of Spring Mills.
- South Carolina
- Lancaster County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Spring Mills [Lancaster County].
- Virginia
- Appomattox County
- This Spring Mills is located in Appomattox County and lies 168 miles [270.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Spring Mills that is located in Berkeley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Appomattox County community of Spring Mills.
- Maryland
Curious and Interesting Names Near Spring 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.
- Big Pool
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Pool have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Pool
- Big Pool is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Big Pool <4>
- Big Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Big Spring is located in Washington County (MD)
- Falling Waters
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Waters
- Falling Waters is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Falling Waters <4>
- Falling Waters Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falling Waters Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Waters Ferry
- Falling Waters Ferry is located in Washington County (MD)
- Four Locks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Locks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Locks
- Four Locks is located in Washington County (MD)
- Georgetown
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Georgetown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Georgetown is located in Berkeley County
- Green Spring Furnace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Spring Furnace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Spring Furnace
- Green Spring Furnace is located in Washington County (MD)
- Greenspring Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenspring Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenspring Hill
- Greenspring Hill is located in Washington County (MD)
- Hedgesville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgesville
- Hedgesville is located in Berkeley County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hedgesville <4>
- Little Georgetown
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Georgetown
- Little Georgetown is located in Berkeley County
- Runners Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Runners Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runners Ferry
- Runners Ferry is located in Berkeley County
- Tomahawk
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Two Locks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
How Far From Spring 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 Spring Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Spring Mills and extending to:
- Martinsburg, which is the Seat of Berkeley County, lies just to the South.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 214 miles [344.4 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Spring Mills 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 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 67 miles [107.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,908 miles [9,508 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,618 miles [10,650.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,494 miles [7,232.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Spring Mills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Berkeley County: www.berkeleycountycomm.org/
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- Spring Mills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Spring Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5584, Longitude: -77.9539 In this case, the coordinates for Spring Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Spring Mills 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. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Spring Mills 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 308.394 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.114 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.852 degrees. |