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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 Miller Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Miller Place 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 Miller Place:
    • 40.465699, -123.429477
    • 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 Miller Place
  • 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 Miller Place ...

We found two communities that share the name Miller Place.

Within California, the name Miller Place is unique.

Beyond California, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Mississippi
      • Leflore County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Miller Place [Leflore County].
    • New York
      • Suffolk County
      • This Miller Place is located in Suffolk County and lies 2,602 miles [4,187.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Miller Place that is located in Trinity County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Miller Place.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Miller Place ...

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 Bar
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Crabtree Place
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crabtree Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree Place
    • Crabtree Place is located in Trinity County
  • Forest Glen
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glen
    • Forest Glen is located in Trinity County
  • Friend Place
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friend Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friend Place
    • Friend Place is located in Trinity County
  • Graham Place
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Graham Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Place
    • Graham Place is located in Trinity County
  • Hayfork
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Luckie Place
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Luckie Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luckie Place
    • Luckie Place is located in Trinity County
  • Maple Grove
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
    • Maple Grove is located in Humboldt County
  • Murphy Place
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Murphy Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Place
    • Murphy Place is located in Trinity County
  • Peanut
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peanut
    • Peanut is located in Trinity County
  • Wildwood
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Yellowjacket Place
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yellowjacket Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowjacket Place
    • Yellowjacket Place is located in Trinity County

How Far From Miller Place to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Miller Place to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Miller Place and extending to:

  • Weaverville, which is the Seat of Trinity County, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Miller Place to Weaverville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 166 miles [267.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,439 miles [3,925.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 96 days and walking would take 139 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,257 miles [11,679 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,022 miles [12,910.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,108 miles [9,829.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Miller Place. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Trinity County: www.trinitycounty.org/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Miller Place 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Miller Place) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Miller Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4657, Longitude: -123.4295       In this case, the coordinates for Miller Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Miller Place 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 341.316 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.611 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.781 degrees.




 

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