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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 Milledgeville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Milledgeville 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 Milledgeville:
    • 39.974210, -86.496946
    • 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 Milledgeville
  • 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 Milledgeville ...

We found nine communities that share the name Milledgeville.

Within Indiana, the name Milledgeville is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Baldwin County
      • This Milledgeville is located in Baldwin County and lies 508 miles [817.5 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Milledgeville that is located in Boone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baldwin County community of Milledgeville.
    • Illinois
      • Carroll County
      • This Milledgeville is located in Carroll County and lies 219 miles [352.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Milledgeville that is located in Boone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Milledgeville.
    • Iowa
      • Appanoose 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 Iowa community of Milledgeville [Appanoose County].
    • Kentucky
      • Lincoln County
      • This Milledgeville is located in Lincoln County and lies 192 miles [309 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Milledgeville that is located in Boone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Milledgeville.
    • North Carolina
      • Montgomery 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 North Carolina community of Milledgeville [Montgomery County].
    • Ohio
      • Fayette County
      • This Milledgeville is located in Fayette County and lies 156 miles [251.1 km]<1> to the east of the Milledgeville that is located in Boone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Milledgeville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Mercer County
      • This Milledgeville is located in Mercer County and lies 352 miles [566.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Milledgeville that is located in Boone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Milledgeville.
    • South Carolina
      • Aiken County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Milledgeville [Aiken County].
    • Tennessee
      • Chester County
      • This Milledgeville is located in Chester County and lies 333 miles [535.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Milledgeville that is located in Boone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Milledgeville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Milledgeville ...

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.

  • Advance
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Advance have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
    • Advance is located in Boone County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 514 people
  • Dale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
    • Dale is located in Boone County
  • Dover
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dover have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
    • Dover is located in Boone County
  • Jamestown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Maplewood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maplewood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
    • Maplewood is located in Hendricks County
  • Pike
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike
    • Pike is located in Boone County
  • Raintown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raintown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintown
    • Raintown is located in Hendricks County
  • Shepherd
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shepherd have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherd
    • Shepherd is located in Boone County
  • Stonegate
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stonegate have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonegate
    • Stonegate is located in Boone County
  • Stringtown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
    • Stringtown is located in Boone County

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

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

  • Lebanon, which is the Seat of Boone County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Milledgeville to Indianapolis, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 509 miles [819.2 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,231 miles [10,027.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,962 miles [11,204.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,840 miles [7,789.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

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

The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Milledgeville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Milledgeville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9742, Longitude: -86.4969       In this case, the coordinates for Milledgeville 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 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 Milledgeville 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>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 Milledgeville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Milledgeville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.695 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.215 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.566 degrees.









 

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