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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 Millers Eddy, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Millers Eddy 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 Millers Eddy:
- 41.039785, -79.642548
- 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 Millers Eddy
- 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 Armstrong County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Armstrong County
- Since Millers Eddy is near Clarion County and also Butler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clarion County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butler 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 Millers Eddy
Curious and Interesting Names Near Millers Eddy ...
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.
- Bonus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bonus is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonus
- Bradys Bend
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bradys Bend is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradys Bend
- Catfish
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Catfish is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish
- Dutch Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Dutch Hill is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Hill
- Eldorado
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eldorado is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Fredericksburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fredericksburg is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
- Frogtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Frogtown is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- Greenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Greenville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Haysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Haysville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Maple Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Maple Grove is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Queenstown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Queenstown is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
- Riverview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Riverview is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Sandy Hollow
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Hollow is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hollow
- Sarah Furnace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sarah Furnace is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarah Furnace
How Far From Millers Eddy 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 Millers Eddy to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Millers Eddy and extending to:
- Kittanning, which is the Seat of Armstrong County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Millers Eddy to Kittanning, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 153 miles [246.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 202 miles [325.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,913 miles [9,516.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,633 miles [10,674.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,508 miles [7,254.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Millers Eddy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Millers Eddy 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 Millers Eddy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0398, Longitude: -79.6425 In this case, the coordinates for Millers Eddy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.335 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.409 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.042 degrees. |
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