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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 Milroy, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Milroy 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 Milroy:
- 40.713957, -77.590551
- 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 Milroy
- 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 Mifflin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mifflin County
- Since Milroy is near Centre County and also Juniata County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Centre County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Juniata 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 Milroy
Communities Also Named Milroy ...
We found seven communities that are also named Milroy.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Milroy is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Henderson County
- This Milroy is located in Henderson County and lies 695 miles [1,118.5 km]<1> to the west of the Milroy that is located in Mifflin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Milroy.
- Indiana
- Rush County
- This Milroy is located in Rush County and lies 424 miles [682.4 km]<1> to the west of the Milroy that is located in Mifflin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rush County community of Milroy.
- Kansas
- Hodgeman 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 Milroy [Hodgeman County].
- Minnesota
- Redwood County
- This Milroy is located in Redwood County and lies 946 miles [1,522.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Milroy that is located in Mifflin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Redwood County community of Milroy.
- Mississippi
- Sunflower County
- This Milroy is located in Sunflower County and lies 878 miles [1,413 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Milroy that is located in Mifflin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sunflower County community of Milroy.
- North Dakota
- McHenry County
- This Milroy is located in McHenry County and lies 1,241 miles [1,997.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Milroy that is located in Mifflin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McHenry County community of Milroy.
- West Virginia
- Braxton County
- This Milroy is located in Braxton County and lies 206 miles [331.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Milroy that is located in Mifflin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Braxton County community of Milroy.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Milroy ...
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.
- Cedar Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Hill is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Garden View
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Garden View is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden View
- Honey
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Honey is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey
- Honey Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Honey Creek is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
- Knobville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Knobville is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobville
- Locke Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Locke Mills is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locke Mills
- Lumber City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lumber City is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber City
- Mount Pleasant
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Reedsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
How Far From Milroy 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 Milroy to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Milroy and extending to:
- Lewistown, which is the Seat of Mifflin County, lies just to the South.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Milroy to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 128 miles [206 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 shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,843 miles [9,403.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,557 miles [10,552.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,433 miles [7,134.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 from Point A (ie- Milroy) 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 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 Milroy 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 Milroy 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 Milroy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7140, Longitude: -77.5906 In this case, the coordinates for Milroy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.097 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.955 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.241 degrees. |
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