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 Millerstown:
40.549496, -77.154926
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 Millerstown
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 Perry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found six communities that are also named Millerstown.
There are four communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Millerstown.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
Allegheny County
This Millerstown is located in Allegheny County and lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<1> to the west of the Millerstown that is located in Perry County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Millerstown.
Blair County
This Millerstown is located in Blair County and lies 62 miles [99.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Millerstown that is located in Perry County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blair County community of Millerstown.
Butler County
This Millerstown is located in Butler County and lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Millerstown that is located in Perry County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Millerstown.
Clarion County
This Millerstown is located in Clarion County and lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Millerstown that is located in Perry County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarion County community of Millerstown.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Kentucky
Grayson County
This Millerstown is located in Grayson County and lies 522 miles [840.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Millerstown that is located in Perry County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grayson County community of Millerstown.
Ohio
Champaign County
This Millerstown is located in Champaign County and lies 356 miles [572.9 km]<1> to the west of the Millerstown that is located in Perry County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Champaign County community of Millerstown.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Millerstown ...
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.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Millerstown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Millerstown and extending to:
New Bloomfield, which is the Seat of Perry County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Millerstown to New Bloomfield, 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.
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 23 miles [37 km] to the southeast (SE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,832 miles [9,385.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,545 miles [10,533.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,420 miles [7,113.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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- Millerstown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Millerstown 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 Millerstown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5495, Longitude: -77.1549
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.845 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.644 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.114 degrees.