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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:
- 38.033460, -84.807052
- 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 Woodford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Woodford County
- Since Milner is near Anderson County and also Franklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin 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 Kentucky, the name Milner is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, 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 322 miles [518.2 km]<1> to the south of the Milner that is located in Woodford 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 2,014 miles [3,241.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Milner that is located in Woodford County.
- Colorado
- Routt County
- This Milner is located in Routt County and lies 1,196 miles [1,924.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Milner that is located in Woodford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Routt County community of Milner.
- Georgia
- Lamar County
- This Milner is located in Lamar County and lies 341 miles [548.8 km]<1> to the south of the Milner that is located in Woodford 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 1,561 miles [2,512.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Milner that is located in Woodford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Twin Falls 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.
- Big Eddy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Big Eddy is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Eddy
- Bondville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bondville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bondville
- Bonita
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Duckers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Evergreen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Farmdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Farmdale is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmdale
- Fox Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Frogtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Frogtown is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- Hunter Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hunter Town is located in Woodford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Town
- Lanes Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lanes Mill is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes Mill
- Little Texas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Little Texas is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
- Nonesuch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Nonesuch is located in Woodford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonesuch
- Oregon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Oregon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon
- Stringtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stringtown is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
How Far From Milner 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 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:
- Versailles, which is the Seat of Woodford County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Milner to Frankfort, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 424 miles [682.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,257 miles [10,069.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,977 miles [11,228.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,852 miles [7,808.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 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 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: 38.0335, Longitude: -84.8071 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.614 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.70 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.343 degrees. |
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