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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 Milnesville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Milnesville 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 Milnesville:
- 40.990362, -75.982703
- 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 Milnesville
- 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 Luzerne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Luzerne County
- Since Milnesville is near Carbon County and also Schuylkill County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carbon County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Schuylkill 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 Milnesville
Communities Also Named Milnesville ...
We found two communities that are also named Milnesville.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Milnesville is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of two communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ontario
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Milnesville.
- Virginia
- Augusta County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Milnesville [Augusta County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Milnesville ...
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.
- Beaver Meadows
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cranberry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cranberry is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry
- Drums
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Foundryville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Foundryville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundryville
- Freeland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Frenchtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Frenchtown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Green Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Green Ridge is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
- Hollars Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hollars Hill is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollars Hill
- Honey Hole
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Honey Hole is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Hole
- Humboldt
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Humboldt is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
- Japan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Japan is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Japan
- Jeansville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jeansville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeansville
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Junedale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Junedale is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junedale
- Pardeesville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pardeesville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardeesville
- Sand Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sand Spring is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Spring
- Springtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Springtown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springtown
- Tomhicken
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Tomhicken is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomhicken
- Woodside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Woodside is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
How Far From Milnesville 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 Milnesville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Milnesville and extending to:
- Wilkes-Barre, which is the Seat of Luzerne County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Milnesville to Wilkes-Barre, 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 67 miles [107.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 154 miles [247.8 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,765 miles [9,277.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,477 miles [10,423.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,352 miles [7,003.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Milnesville 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Milnesville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Milnesville 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 Milnesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9904, Longitude: -75.9827 In this case, the coordinates for Milnesville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.099 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.87 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.411 degrees. |
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