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 Milan:
40.202124, -93.123426
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.
We found 22 communities that share the name Milan.
Within Missouri, the name Milan is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of another 22 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 22 communities, 21 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Jackson County
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Milan [Jackson County].
Arkansas
Yell 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 Arkansas community of Milan [Yell County].
Florida
Columbia 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 Florida community of Milan [Columbia County].
Georgia
Telfair County
This Milan is located in Telfair County and lies 795 miles [1,279.4 km]<3> to the southeast of the Milan that is located in Sullivan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Telfair County community of Milan.
Illinois
Rock Island County
This Milan is located in Rock Island County and lies 158 miles [254.3 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Milan that is located in Sullivan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rock Island County community of Milan.
White County
This Milan is located in White County and lies 302 miles [486 km] to the east southeast of the Milan that is located in Sullivan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the White County community of Milan.
Indiana
Ripley County
This Milan is located in Ripley County and lies 431 miles [693.6 km]<3> to the east of the Milan that is located in Sullivan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ripley County community of Milan.
Kansas
Sumner County
This Milan is located in Sumner County and lies 318 miles [511.8 km]<3> to the southwest of the Milan that is located in Sullivan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumner County community of Milan.
Kentucky
McCracken 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 Kentucky community of Milan [McCracken County].
Michigan
Washtenaw County
This Milan is located in Washtenaw County and lies 507 miles [815.9 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Milan that is located in Sullivan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washtenaw County community of Milan.
Minnesota
Chippewa County
This Milan is located in Chippewa County and lies 367 miles [590.6 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Milan that is located in Sullivan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chippewa County community of Milan.
New Hampshire
Coos County
This Milan is located in Coos County and lies 1,154 miles [1,857.2 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Milan that is located in Sullivan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coos County community of Milan.
New Mexico
Cibola County
This Milan is located in Cibola County and lies 876 miles [1,409.8 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Milan that is located in Sullivan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cibola County community of Milan.
New York
Dutchess County
This Milan is located in Dutchess County and lies 1,011 miles [1,627 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Milan that is located in Sullivan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dutchess County community of Milan.
Ohio
Erie County
This Milan is located in Erie County and lies 555 miles [893.2 km]<3> to the east of the Milan that is located in Sullivan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Milan.
Oklahoma
Woods 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 Oklahoma community of Milan [Woods County].
Pennsylvania
Bradford County
This Milan is located in Bradford County and lies 870 miles [1,400.1 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Milan that is located in Sullivan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradford County community of Milan.
Quebec
This Milan lies 1,168 miles [1,879.7 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Milan that is located in Sullivan County.
Tennessee
Gibson County
This Milan is located in Gibson County and lies 379 miles [609.9 km]<3> to the southeast of the Milan that is located in Sullivan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gibson County community of Milan.
Virginia
Norfolk City
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 Virginia community of Milan [Norfolk City].
Washington
Spokane County
This Milan is located in Spokane County and lies 1,307 miles [2,103.4 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Milan that is located in Sullivan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spokane County community of Milan.
Wisconsin
Marathon County
This Milan is located in Marathon County and lies 362 miles [582.6 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Milan that is located in Sullivan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marathon County community of Milan.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Milan ...
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.
Brown ‑ Historic (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sticklerville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
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 city such as Milan to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Milan and extending to:
The White House (Washington, DC) is 860 miles [1,384 km]<3> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Milan to White House, with an average speed<7>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 49 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 34 days.
The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,463 miles [10,401.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,208 miles [11,600.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,098 miles [8,204.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 Milan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 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 Milan 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>
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- Milan) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Milan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2021, Longitude: -93.1234
<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>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>
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.
<8>
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 Milan to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.093 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.293 degrees.
<11>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.715 degrees.