Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Milro, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Milro and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Milro
- 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 Milro:
- 32.305979, -89.833411
- 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 Milro
- 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 Rankin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Rankin County
- Since Milro is near Scott County and also Smith County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Scott County
- eBird sighting report for Smith 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Milro ...
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.
- Arrowhead Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arrowhead Point have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Point
- Arrowhead Point is located in Rankin County
- Branch
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch
- Branch is located in Scott County
- Cross Roads
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cross Roads have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Cross Roads is located in Rankin County
- Crossgates
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crossgates have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossgates
- Crossgates is located in Rankin County
- Fink Bine ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Grove Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grove Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Grove Park is located in Rankin County
- Hunters Woods
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunters Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Woods
- Hunters Woods is located in Rankin County
- Independence
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Independence is located in Scott County
- Kracker Station
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kracker Station have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kracker Station
- Kracker Station is located in Scott County
- Leesburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Millrun
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Paradise Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paradise Point have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Point
- Paradise Point is located in Rankin County
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Polkville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast) - Rock Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Rufus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Stage
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Sunrise Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunrise Point have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Point
- Sunrise Point is located in Rankin County
- Terrapin Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Terrapin Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrapin Hill
- Terrapin Hill is located in Rankin County
- Value
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Waterwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Polkville
How Far From Milro 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 Milro 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 Milro once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Milro and extending to:
- Brandon, which is the Seat of Rankin County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Milro to Brandon, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 20 miles [32.2 km] to the west (W). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 849 miles [1,366.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,735 miles [10,838.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,448 miles [11,986.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,324 miles [8,568.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Rankin County: www.rankincounty.org/
The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <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 Milro, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Milro) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Milro. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.3060, Longitude: -89.8334 In this case, the coordinates for Milro have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Milro to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.424 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.148 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.752 degrees. |