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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 Milner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Milner 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 Milner:
    • 40.484657, -107.021087
    • 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 Milner
  • 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 Routt County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Routt County
    • Since Milner is near Moffat County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Moffat County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Milner

Communities Also Named Milner ...

We found eight communities that are also named Milner.

Within Colorado, the name Milner is unique.

Beyond Colorado, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Randolph County
      • This Milner is located in Randolph County and lies 1,277 miles [2,055.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Milner that is located in Routt County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Milner.
    • Arkansas
      • Columbia County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Milner [Columbia County].
    • British Columbia
      • This Milner lies 966 miles [1,554.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Milner that is located in Routt County.
    • Georgia
      • Lamar County
      • This Milner is located in Lamar County and lies 1,355 miles [2,180.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Milner that is located in Routt County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lamar County community of Milner.
      • Pike County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Milner [Pike County].
    • Idaho
      • Twin Falls County
      • This Milner is located in Twin Falls County and lies 388 miles [624.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Milner that is located in Routt County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Twin Falls County community of Milner.
    • Kentucky
      • Woodford County
      • This Milner is located in Woodford County and lies 1,196 miles [1,924.8 km]<1> to the east of the Milner that is located in Routt County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Woodford County community of Milner.
    • Texas
      • Cass County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Milner [Cass County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Milner ...

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.

How Far From Milner 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 Milner to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Steamboat Springs, which is the Seat of Routt County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Milner to Steamboat Springs, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 118 miles [189.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,589 miles [2,557.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 62 days and walking would take 91 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,887 miles [11,083.6 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 7,653 miles [12,316.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,598 miles [9,009.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Milner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Milner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Milner 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.
<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 Milner 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 Milner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4847, Longitude: -107.0211    
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 328.13 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 326.996 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.013 degrees.