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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 Millport, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Millport 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 Millport:
    • 41.924655, -78.119709
    • 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 Millport
  • 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 Potter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Potter County
    • Since Millport is near Allegany County and also McKean County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Allegany County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for McKean 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 Millport

Communities Also Named Millport ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Millport.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Millport.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Lancaster County
      • This Millport is located in Lancaster County and lies 157 miles [252.7 km]<1> to the southeast of the Millport that is located in Potter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Millport.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Lamar County
      • This Millport is located in Lamar County and lies 792 miles [1,274.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Millport that is located in Potter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lamar County community of Millport.
    • Indiana
      • Washington County
      • This Millport is located in Washington County and lies 472 miles [759.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Millport that is located in Potter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Millport.
    • Kentucky
      • Muhlenberg County
      • This Millport is located in Muhlenberg County and lies 579 miles [931.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Millport that is located in Potter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muhlenberg County community of Millport.
    • Missouri
      • Daviess County
      • Although located in Daviess County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Daviess County community of Millport.
      • Knox County
      • This Millport is located in Knox County and lies 735 miles [1,182.9 km]<1> to the west of the Millport that is located in Potter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Millport.
    • New York
      • Chemung County
      • This Millport is located in Chemung County and lies 69 miles [111 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Millport that is located in Potter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chemung County community of Millport.
    • Ohio
      • Columbiana County
      • This Millport is located in Columbiana County and lies 166 miles [267.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Millport that is located in Potter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbiana County community of Millport.
      • Defiance County
      • This community is historic<2> 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 Millport.
      • Pickaway County
      • This Millport is located in Pickaway County and lies 295 miles [474.8 km] to the west southwest of the Millport that is located in Potter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pickaway County community of Millport.
      • Stark County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Millport [Stark County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Millport ...

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.

How Far From Millport to ...

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 Millport to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Coudersport, which is the Seat of Potter County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Millport to Coudersport, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 130 miles [209.2 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 216 miles [347.6 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,813 miles [9,355.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,533 miles [10,513.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,408 miles [7,094 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Millport) 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 Millport, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Millport 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Millport 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 Millport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9247, Longitude: -78.1197    
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.329 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.407 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.994 degrees.