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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.
- 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.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Miller Place
- 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 Trinity County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Trinity County
- Since Miller Place is near Humboldt County and also Shasta County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Humboldt County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shasta 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 Miller Place
Communities Also Named Miller Place ...
We found two communities that are also named Miller Place.
Within California, the name Miller Place is unique.
Beyond California, we know of two communities that are located 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)
- Crabtree Place is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree Place
- Forest Glen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Glen is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glen
- Friend Place
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Friend Place is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friend Place
- Graham Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Graham Place is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Place
- Hayfork
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Luckie Place
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Luckie Place is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luckie Place
- Maple Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Maple Grove is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Murphy Place
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Murphy Place is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Place
- Peanut
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Peanut is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peanut
- Wildwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Yellowjacket Place
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Yellowjacket Place is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowjacket Place
How Far From Miller Place 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 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<4> 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<5> 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).<6>
- 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).<7>
- 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).<8>'
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 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 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Miller Place) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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.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). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.316 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.611 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.781 degrees. |
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