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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 Milligan, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Milligan 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 Milligan:
    • 30.752452, -86.640804
    • 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 Milligan
  • 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 Okaloosa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Okaloosa County
    • Since Milligan is near Santa Rosa County and also Walton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Rosa County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Walton 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 Milligan

Communities Also Named Milligan ...

We found ten communities that are also named Milligan.

There is one other community in Florida that is also named Milligan.

Beyond Florida, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Florida ...
    • Santa Rosa 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 Florida community of Milligan [Santa Rosa County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • San Bernardino County
      • This Milligan is located in San Bernardino County and lies 1,673 miles [2,692.4 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Milligan that is located in Okaloosa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Bernardino County community of Milligan.
    • Indiana
      • Parke County
      • This Milligan is located in Parke County and lies 628 miles [1,010.7 km]<2> to the north of the Milligan that is located in Okaloosa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Parke County community of Milligan.
    • Kansas
      • Sheridan 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 Kansas community of Milligan [Sheridan County].
    • Nebraska
      • Fillmore County
      • This Milligan is located in Fillmore County and lies 902 miles [1,451.6 km]<2> to the northwest of the Milligan that is located in Okaloosa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fillmore County community of Milligan.
    • North Carolina
      • Cleveland 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 North Carolina community of Milligan [Cleveland County].
    • Ohio
      • Perry County
      • This Milligan is located in Perry County and lies 670 miles [1,078.3 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Milligan that is located in Okaloosa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Milligan.
      • Tuscarawas County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Tuscarawas County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscarawas County community of Milligan.
    • Tennessee
      • Carter County
      • This Milligan is located in Carter County and lies 457 miles [735.5 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Milligan that is located in Okaloosa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carter County community of Milligan.
    • Texas
      • Collin County
      • This Milligan is located in Collin County and lies 603 miles [970.4 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Milligan that is located in Okaloosa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Collin County community of Milligan.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Milligan ...

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.

  • Beaver Creek
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Beaver Creek is located in Okaloosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
  • Deerland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Deerland is located in Okaloosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerland
  • Garden City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Garden City is located in Okaloosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
  • Good Hope
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Good Hope is located in Okaloosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
  • Harold
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Kellys Mill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Kellys Mill is located in Okaloosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellys Mill
  • Oak Grove
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Oak Grove is located in Okaloosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Pond Creek
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Pond Creek is located in Walton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Creek
  • Rock Creek
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Rock Creek is located in Okaloosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
  • Silver Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Silver Springs is located in Okaloosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs

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

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

  • Crestview, which is the Seat of Okaloosa County, lies just to the East.
  • Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 141 miles [226.9 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Milligan to Tallahassee, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 781 miles [1,256.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,676 miles [10,744 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,373 miles [11,865.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,254 miles [8,455.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Milligan 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Milligan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Milligan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Milligan 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 Milligan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.7525, Longitude: -86.6408    
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.378 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.561 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.788 degrees.