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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 Miller Brothers, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Miller Brothers 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 Miller Brothers:
- 37.533936, -94.614959
- 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 Miller Brothers
- 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 Barton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barton County
- Since Miller Brothers is near Crawford County and also Bourbon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bourbon 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 Miller Brothers
Curious and Interesting Names Near Miller Brothers ...
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.
- Barber
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Barber is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber
- Breezy Hill ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Breezy Hill is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Hill
- Coalvale
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Coalvale is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalvale
- Fox Town
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fox Town is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Town
- Franklin
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Franklin is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Fuller
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fuller is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
- Gross
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gross is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross
- Liberal
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Liberal is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Mulberry
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Polk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Polk is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Red Onion
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Red Onion is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
How Far From Miller Brothers to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Miller Brothers to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Miller Brothers once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Miller Brothers and extending to:
- Lamar, which is the Seat of Barton County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Miller Brothers to Lamar, with an average speed<4> 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 6 hours.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 150 miles [241.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 956 miles [1,538.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,655 miles [10,710.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,396 miles [11,902.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,281 miles [8,498.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Miller Brothers, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Miller Brothers) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Miller Brothers 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 Miller Brothers. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5339, Longitude: -94.6150 In this case, the coordinates for Miller Brothers have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.951 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.936 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.966 degrees. |
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