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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 Millport, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Millport and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Millport:
    • 40.267261, -92.093235
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Millport
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Millport ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Millport.

There is one other community in Missouri which is also named Millport.

Beyond Missouri, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Missouri ...
    • Daviess County
      • Although located in Daviess County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Daviess County community of Millport.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Lamar County
      • This Millport is located in Lamar County and lies 513 miles [825.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Millport that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lamar County community of Millport.
    • Indiana
      • Washington County
      • This Millport is located in Washington County and lies 335 miles [539.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Millport that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Millport.
    • Kentucky
      • Muhlenberg County
      • This Millport is located in Muhlenberg County and lies 327 miles [526.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Millport that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muhlenberg County community of Millport.
    • New York
      • Chemung County
      • This Millport is located in Chemung County and lies 802 miles [1,290.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Millport that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chemung County community of Millport.
    • Ohio
      • Columbiana County
      • This Millport is located in Columbiana County and lies 588 miles [946.3 km]<1> to the east of the Millport that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbiana County community of Millport.
      • Defiance County
      • This community is historic<2> 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 Millport.
      • Pickaway County
      • This Millport is located in Pickaway County and lies 483 miles [777.3 km] to the east of the Millport that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pickaway County community of Millport.
      • Stark 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 Ohio community of Millport [Stark County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lancaster County
      • This Millport is located in Lancaster County and lies 834 miles [1,342.2 km]<1> to the east of the Millport that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Millport.
      • Potter County
      • This Millport is located in Potter County and lies 735 miles [1,182.9 km] to the east northeast of the Millport that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Potter County community of Millport.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Millport ...

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.

  • Bible Grove
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bible Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bible Grove
    • Bible Grove is located in Scotland County
  • Colony
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
    • Colony is located in Knox County
  • Deer Ridge
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deer Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Ridge
    • Deer Ridge is located in Lewis County
  • Edina
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edina have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edina
    • Edina is located in Knox County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,117 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edina <5>
  • Edinburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edinburg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
    • Edinburg is located in Scotland County
  • Forest Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Springs
    • Forest Springs is located in Knox County
  • Hazelville ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hazelville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelville
    • Hazelville is located in Knox County
  • Milltown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milltown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
    • Milltown is located in Knox County
  • Pleasant Retreat
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Retreat have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Retreat
    • Pleasant Retreat is located in Scotland County
  • Sand Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
    • Sand Hill is located in Scotland County
  • Unity
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Unity have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
    • Unity is located in Scotland County

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

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

  • Edina, which is the Seat of Knox County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 805 miles [1,295.5 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Millport to White House, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 46 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 32 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,424 miles [10,338.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,167 miles [11,534.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,054 miles [8,133.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Millport. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Millport) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Millport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2673, Longitude: -92.0932       In this case, the coordinates for Millport have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Millport, 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 Millport 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>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>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.
<7>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 Millport to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.397 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.499 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.189 degrees.









 

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