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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 Miley Crossroads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Miley Crossroads 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 Miley Crossroads:
- 40.624334, -82.088896
- 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 Miley Crossroads
- 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 Holmes County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Holmes County
- Since Miley Crossroads is near Wayne County and also Ashland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ashland 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 Miley Crossroads
Curious and Interesting Names Near Miley Crossroads ...
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.
- Big Prairie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Centerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Centerville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Funk
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hard is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hard
- Lake Fork
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lake Fork is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Fork
- Lakeville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mohicanville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mohicanville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohicanville
- Paint Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Paint Valley is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Valley
- Stringtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stringtown is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Welcome
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Welcome is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
How Far From Miley Crossroads 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 Miley Crossroads to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Miley Crossroads and extending to:
- Millersburg, which is the Seat of Holmes County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Miley Crossroads to Millersburg, with an average speed<3> 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.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 65 miles [104.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 293 miles [471.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,029 miles [9,702.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,753 miles [10,867.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,629 miles [7,449.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Miley Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Miley Crossroads 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 Miley Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6243, Longitude: -82.0889 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.881 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.101 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.313 degrees. |
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