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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 Millersburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Millersburg 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 Millersburg:
- 40.551196, -76.954144
- 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 Millersburg
- 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 Dauphin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dauphin County
- Since Millersburg is near Perry County and also Northumberland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Perry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Northumberland 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 Millersburg
Communities Also Named Millersburg ...
We found fourteen communities that are also named Millersburg.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Millersburg is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Mercer County
- This Millersburg is located in Mercer County and lies 724 miles [1,165.2 km]<1> to the west of the Millersburg that is located in Dauphin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Millersburg.
- Indiana
- Elkhart County
- This Millersburg is located in Elkhart County and lies 460 miles [740.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Millersburg that is located in Dauphin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elkhart County community of Millersburg.
- Hamilton County
- This Millersburg is located in Hamilton County and lies 477 miles [767.7 km] to the west of the Millersburg that is located in Dauphin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Millersburg.
- Orange County
- This Millersburg is located in Orange County and lies 517 miles [832 km] to the west southwest of the Millersburg that is located in Dauphin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Millersburg.
- Warrick County
- This Millersburg is located in Warrick County and lies 582 miles [936.6 km] to the west southwest of the Millersburg that is located in Dauphin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warrick County community of Millersburg.
- Iowa
- Iowa County
- This Millersburg is located in Iowa County and lies 793 miles [1,276.2 km]<1> to the west of the Millersburg that is located in Dauphin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iowa County community of Millersburg.
- Kansas
- Cherokee 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 Kansas community of Millersburg [Cherokee County].
- Kentucky
- Bourbon County
- This Millersburg is located in Bourbon County and lies 413 miles [664.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Millersburg that is located in Dauphin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bourbon County community of Millersburg.
- Michigan
- Presque Isle County
- This Millersburg is located in Presque Isle County and lies 487 miles [783.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Millersburg that is located in Dauphin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Presque Isle County community of Millersburg.
- Minnesota
- Rice County
- This Millersburg is located in Rice County and lies 874 miles [1,406.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Millersburg that is located in Dauphin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rice County community of Millersburg.
- Missouri
- Callaway County
- This Millersburg is located in Callaway County and lies 812 miles [1,306.8 km]<1> to the west of the Millersburg that is located in Dauphin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Callaway County community of Millersburg.
- Ohio
- Holmes County
- This Millersburg is located in Holmes County and lies 260 miles [418.4 km]<1> to the west of the Millersburg that is located in Dauphin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Holmes County community of Millersburg.
- Oregon
- Linn County
- This Millersburg is located in Linn County and lies 2,329 miles [3,748.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Millersburg that is located in Dauphin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Linn County community of Millersburg.
- Tennessee
- Rutherford 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 Tennessee community of Millersburg [Rutherford County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Millersburg ...
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.
- Centerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Centerville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Enders
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Enders is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enders
- Fisherville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fisherville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisherville
- Half Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Half Falls is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Falls
- Liverpool
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Malta
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Malta is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta
- Matterstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Matterstown is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matterstown
- Mount Patrick
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Patrick is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Patrick
- Oriental
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oriental is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oriental
- Reservoir Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Reservoir Heights is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir Heights
- Reward
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Reward is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reward
How Far From Millersburg 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 Millersburg to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Millersburg and extending to:
- Harrisburg, which is the Seat of Dauphin County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Millersburg to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over 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 18 miles [29 km] to the south (S). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 114 miles [183.5 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,824 miles [9,372.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,536 miles [10,518.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,411 miles [7,098.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Millersburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Millersburg 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Millersburg 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 Millersburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5512, Longitude: -76.9541 In this case, the coordinates for Millersburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.723 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.507 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.024 degrees. |
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