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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 Milburn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Milburn 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 Milburn:
- 36.798462, -88.899750
- 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 Milburn
- 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 Carlisle County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carlisle County
- Since Milburn is near Hickman County and also Graves County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hickman County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Graves 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 Milburn
Communities Also Named Milburn ...
We found eleven communities that are also named Milburn.
Within Kentucky, the name Milburn is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, nine are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Louisiana
- Avoyelles Parish
- This Milburn is located in Avoyelles Parish and lies 451 miles [725.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Milburn that is located in Carlisle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Avoyelles Parish community of Milburn.
- Nebraska
- Custer County
- This Milburn is located in Custer County and lies 670 miles [1,078.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Milburn that is located in Carlisle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Custer County community of Milburn.
- New Jersey
- Morris 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 New Jersey community of Milburn [Morris County].
- New York
- Orange County
- This Milburn is located in Orange County and lies 842 miles [1,355.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Milburn that is located in Carlisle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Milburn.
- Oklahoma
- Johnston County
- This Milburn is located in Johnston County and lies 464 miles [746.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Milburn that is located in Carlisle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnston County community of Milburn.
- Ontario
- This Milburn lies 839 miles [1,350.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Milburn that is located in Carlisle County.
- Prince Edward Island
- 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 Prince Edward Island community of Milburn.
- Texas
- McCulloch County
- This Milburn is located in McCulloch County and lies 690 miles [1,110.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Milburn that is located in Carlisle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McCulloch County community of Milburn.
- Utah
- Sanpete County
- This Milburn is located in Sanpete County and lies 1,234 miles [1,985.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Milburn that is located in Carlisle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sanpete County community of Milburn.
- Washington
- Lewis 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 Washington community of Milburn [Lewis County].
- West Virginia
- Fayette County
- This Milburn is located in Fayette County and lies 422 miles [679.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Milburn that is located in Carlisle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Milburn.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Milburn ...
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.
- Blandville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Blandville is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blandville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Columbus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Dublin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dublin is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Fancy Farm
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fancy Farm is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Farm
- Kansas
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kansas is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
- Lovelaceville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Magee Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Magee Springs is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magee Springs
- Pottsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pryorsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wheel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wheel is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheel
How Far From Milburn 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 Milburn to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Milburn and extending to:
- Bardwell, which is the Seat of Carlisle County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 240 miles [386.2 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Milburn to Frankfort, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 662 miles [1,065.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,477 miles [10,423.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,204 miles [11,593.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,080 miles [8,175.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Milburn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Milburn 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> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Milburn 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 Milburn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7985, Longitude: -88.8997 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.154 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.446 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.469 degrees. |
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