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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 Milo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Milo 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 Milo:
    • 39.983398, -82.983238
    • 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 Milo
  • 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 Milo ...

We found 23 communities that share the name Milo.

There is one other community in Ohio which is also named Milo.

Beyond Ohio, 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 two are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Ohio ...
    • Defiance County
      • This community is historic<1> 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 Milo.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Pike 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 Alabama community of Milo [Pike County].
    • Alberta
      • This Milo lies 1,611 miles [2,592.7 km]<3> to the northwest of the Milo that is located in Franklin County.
    • Arkansas
      • Ashley County
      • This Milo is located in Ashley County and lies 677 miles [1,089.5 km]<3> to the southwest of the Milo that is located in Franklin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashley County community of Milo.
    • California
      • Tulare County
      • This Milo is located in Tulare County and lies 1,951 miles [3,139.8 km]<3> to the west of the Milo that is located in Franklin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tulare County community of Milo.
    • Idaho
      • Bonneville County
      • This Milo is located in Bonneville County and lies 1,500 miles [2,414 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Milo that is located in Franklin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bonneville County community of Milo.
    • Illinois
      • Bureau County
      • This Milo is located in Bureau County and lies 355 miles [571.3 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Milo that is located in Franklin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bureau County community of Milo.
    • Indiana
      • Grant County
      • This Milo is located in Grant County and lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Milo that is located in Franklin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Milo.
    • Iowa
      • Warren County
      • This Milo is located in Warren County and lies 554 miles [891.6 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Milo that is located in Franklin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Milo.
    • Kansas
      • Lincoln County
      • This Milo is located in Lincoln County and lies 798 miles [1,284.3 km]<3> to the west of the Milo that is located in Franklin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Milo.
    • Kentucky
      • Martin County
      • This Milo is located in Martin County and lies 144 miles [231.7 km]<3> to the south of the Milo that is located in Franklin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Martin County community of Milo.
    • Maine
      • Piscataquis County
      • This Milo is located in Piscataquis County and lies 797 miles [1,282.6 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Milo that is located in Franklin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Piscataquis County community of Milo.
    • Michigan
      • Barry 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 Michigan community of Milo [Barry County].
    • Missouri
      • Vernon County
      • This Milo is located in Vernon County and lies 627 miles [1,009.1 km]<3> to the west of the Milo that is located in Franklin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vernon County community of Milo.
    • New York
      • Yates 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 New York community of Milo [Yates County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Carter County
      • This Milo is located in Carter County and lies 879 miles [1,414.6 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Milo that is located in Franklin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carter County community of Milo.
    • Oregon
      • Douglas County
      • This Milo is located in Douglas County and lies 2,063 miles [3,320.1 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Milo that is located in Franklin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Milo.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Milo lies 1,044 miles [1,680.2 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Milo that is located in Franklin County.
    • Tennessee
      • Bledsoe County
      • This Milo is located in Bledsoe County and lies 315 miles [506.9 km]<3> to the south southwest of the Milo that is located in Franklin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bledsoe County community of Milo.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Milo is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,511 miles [2,431.7 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Milo that is located in Franklin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Milo.
    • West Virginia
      • Calhoun County
      • This Milo is located in Calhoun County and lies 131 miles [210.8 km]<3> to the southeast of the Milo that is located in Franklin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Milo.
      • Roane 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 West Virginia community of Milo [Roane County].
    • Wyoming
      • Carbon County
      • This Milo is located in Carbon County and lies 1,226 miles [1,973.1 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Milo that is located in Franklin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carbon County community of Milo.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Milo ...

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 Walnut ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Walnut have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Walnut
    • Big Walnut is located in Franklin County
  • Columbus
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Edgewater Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
    • Edgewater Park is located in Franklin County
  • Edward ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edward have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edward
    • Edward is located in Franklin County
    • Edward has also been known as:
    • Edwards Station
  • Hibernia ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hibernia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia
    • Hibernia is located in Franklin County
  • Highway ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highway have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highway
    • Highway is located in Franklin County
  • Marble Cliff
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marble Cliff have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Cliff
    • Marble Cliff is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 799 people
  • Minerva Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minerva Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva Park
    • Minerva Park is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
  • Parks Mills ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parks Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parks Mills
    • Parks Mills is located in Franklin County
  • Roseland ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
    • Roseland is located in Franklin County
  • Seagrove ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seagrove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seagrove
    • Seagrove is located in Franklin County
    • Seagrove has also been known as:
    • Seagrave
  • Valley Crossing ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Crossing
    • Valley Crossing is located in Franklin County
  • Wildwood Springs ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wildwood Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Springs
    • Wildwood Springs is located in Franklin County
  • Wonderland ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wonderland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonderland
    • Wonderland is located in Franklin County

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

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

  • Columbus, which is the Seat of Franklin County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies just to the southwest (SW).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 325 miles [523 km]<3> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Milo to White House, with an average speed<7>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 19 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,094 miles [9,807.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,817 miles [10,970.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,693 miles [7,552.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>

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

The official website for Franklin County: www.co.franklin.oh.us/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

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 Milo, 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 Milo 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Milo) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Milo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9834, Longitude: -82.9832       In this case, the coordinates for Milo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Milo 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 311.461 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.666 degrees.
<11>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.936 degrees.









 

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