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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 Milo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Milo 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 Milo:
    • 45.253240, -68.986279
    • 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 Milo
  • 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 Piscataquis County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Piscataquis County
    • Since Milo is near Penobscot County and also Somerset County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Penobscot County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Somerset 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 Milo

Communities Also Named Milo ...

We found 23 communities that are also named Milo.

Within Maine, the name Milo is unique.

Beyond Maine, we know of 23 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 23 communities, 21 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Pike 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 Alabama community of Milo [Pike County].
    • Alberta
      • This Milo lies 2,033 miles [3,271.8 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Milo that is located in Piscataquis County.
    • Arkansas
      • Ashley County
      • This Milo is located in Ashley County and lies 1,471 miles [2,367.3 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Milo that is located in Piscataquis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashley County community of Milo.
    • California
      • Tulare County
      • This Milo is located in Tulare County and lies 2,636 miles [4,242.2 km]<2> to the west of the Milo that is located in Piscataquis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tulare County community of Milo.
    • Idaho
      • Bonneville County
      • This Milo is located in Bonneville County and lies 2,093 miles [3,368.4 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Milo that is located in Piscataquis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bonneville County community of Milo.
    • Illinois
      • Bureau County
      • This Milo is located in Bureau County and lies 1,070 miles [1,722 km]<2> to the west of the Milo that is located in Piscataquis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bureau County community of Milo.
    • Indiana
      • Grant County
      • This Milo is located in Grant County and lies 889 miles [1,430.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Milo that is located in Piscataquis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Milo.
    • Iowa
      • Warren County
      • This Milo is located in Warren County and lies 1,254 miles [2,018.1 km]<2> to the west of the Milo that is located in Piscataquis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Milo.
    • Kansas
      • Lincoln County
      • This Milo is located in Lincoln County and lies 1,531 miles [2,463.9 km]<2> to the west of the Milo that is located in Piscataquis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Milo.
    • Kentucky
      • Martin County
      • This Milo is located in Martin County and lies 863 miles [1,388.9 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Milo that is located in Piscataquis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Martin County community of Milo.
    • Michigan
      • Barry 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 Michigan community of Milo [Barry County].
    • Missouri
      • Vernon County
      • This Milo is located in Vernon County and lies 1,400 miles [2,253.1 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Milo that is located in Piscataquis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vernon County community of Milo.
    • New York
      • Yates 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 New York community of Milo [Yates County].
    • Ohio
      • Defiance County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Defiance County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Defiance County community of Milo.
      • Franklin County
      • This Milo is located in Franklin County and lies 797 miles [1,282.6 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Milo that is located in Piscataquis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Milo.
    • Oklahoma
      • Carter County
      • This Milo is located in Carter County and lies 1,670 miles [2,687.6 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Milo that is located in Piscataquis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carter County community of Milo.
    • Oregon
      • Douglas County
      • This Milo is located in Douglas County and lies 2,635 miles [4,240.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Milo that is located in Piscataquis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Milo.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Milo lies 247 miles [397.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Milo that is located in Piscataquis County.
    • Tennessee
      • Bledsoe County
      • This Milo is located in Bledsoe County and lies 1,065 miles [1,714 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Milo that is located in Piscataquis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bledsoe County community of Milo.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Milo is located in Salt Lake County and lies 2,161 miles [3,477.8 km]<2> to the west of the Milo that is located in Piscataquis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Milo.
    • West Virginia
      • Calhoun County
      • This Milo is located in Calhoun County and lies 768 miles [1,236 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Milo that is located in Piscataquis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Milo.
      • Roane 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 West Virginia community of Milo [Roane County].
    • Wyoming
      • Carbon County
      • This Milo is located in Carbon County and lies 1,876 miles [3,019.1 km]<2> to the west of the Milo that is located in Piscataquis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carbon County community of Milo.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Milo ...

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.

  • Derby
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Derby is located in Piscataquis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
  • Hardy
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Hardy is located in Piscataquis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy
  • Knights Landing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Knights Landing is located in Piscataquis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knights Landing
  • Lake View
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake View is located in Piscataquis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
  • Lake View Plantation
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake View Plantation is located in Piscataquis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View Plantation
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
  • Parson Landing
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Parson Landing is located in Piscataquis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parson Landing
  • Prairie
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Prairie is located in Piscataquis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie
  • Storers Corner
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Storers Corner is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Storers Corner

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

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

  • Dover - Foxcroft, which is the Seat of Piscataquis County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Milo to Dover - Foxcroft, 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.
  • Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 75 miles [120.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 601 miles [967.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,308 miles [8,542.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,024 miles [9,694.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,899 miles [6,274.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

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 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 Milo 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Milo) 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 Milo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Milo 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 Milo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.2532, Longitude: -68.9863    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.207 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.091 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.008 degrees.