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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 Miltonville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Miltonville 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 Miltonville:
    • 41.492553, -83.711048
    • 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 Miltonville
  • 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 Wood County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wood County
    • Since Miltonville is near Lucas County and also Holmes County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lucas County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Holmes 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 Miltonville

Communities Also Named Miltonville ...

We found one communities that are also named Miltonville.

There is one other community in Ohio that is also named Miltonville.

Beyond Ohio.

  • Communities Located In Ohio ...
    • Butler County
      • This Miltonville is located in Butler County and lies 143 miles [230.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Miltonville that is located in Wood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Miltonville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Miltonville ...

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.

  • Business Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Business Corner is located in Lucas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Business Corner
  • Five Points
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Five Points is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Holiday Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Holiday Park is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Park
  • Homewood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Homewood is located in Lucas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
  • Hull Prairie
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Hull Prairie is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hull Prairie
  • Hulls Crossing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Hulls Crossing is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulls Crossing
  • Indian Meadows
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Indian Meadows is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Meadows
  • Kettle Run
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Kettle Run is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle Run
  • Pheasant Run
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Pheasant Run is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Run
  • Quail Hollow
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Quail Hollow is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
  • Spring Valley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Spring Valley is located in Lucas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
  • Sugar Ridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sugar Ridge is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Ridge
  • Willowbend
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Willowbend is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbend

How Far From Miltonville 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 Miltonville 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 Miltonville once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Miltonville and extending to:

  • Bowling Green, which is the Seat of Wood County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 111 miles [178.6 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Miltonville to Columbus, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 394 miles [634.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,053 miles [9,741.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,783 miles [10,916.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,661 miles [7,501.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Miltonville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Miltonville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Miltonville 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 Miltonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4926, Longitude: -83.7110       In this case, the coordinates for Miltonville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.883 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.369 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.782 degrees.