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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 New Milford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Milford 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 New Milford:
    • 41.875356, -75.727409
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on New Milford
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named New Milford ...

We found four communities that share the name New Milford.

Within Pennsylvania, the name New Milford is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Connecticut
      • Litchfield County
      • This New Milford is located in Litchfield County and lies 121 miles [194.7 km]<1> to the east of the New Milford that is located in Susquehanna County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Litchfield County community of New Milford.
    • New Jersey
      • Bergen 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 New Jersey community of New Milford [Bergen County].
    • New York
      • Orange County
      • This New Milford is located in Orange County and lies 81 miles [130.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the New Milford that is located in Susquehanna County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of New Milford.
    • Ohio
      • Portage County
      • This New Milford is located in Portage County and lies 288 miles [463.5 km]<1> to the west of the New Milford that is located in Susquehanna County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Portage County community of New Milford.

Curious and Interesting Names Near New Milford ...

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.

  • Brushville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brushville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushville
    • Brushville is located in Susquehanna County
  • Great Bend
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Great Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Bend
    • Great Bend is located in Susquehanna County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 663 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Great Bend <4>
  • Heart Lake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heart Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heart Lake
    • Heart Lake is located in Susquehanna County
  • Island Plain
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Island Plain have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Plain
    • Island Plain is located in Susquehanna County
  • Lakeview
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
    • Lakeview is located in Susquehanna County
  • Lewis Corners
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewis Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Corners
    • Lewis Corners is located in Susquehanna County
  • Tiffany
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiffany
    • Tiffany is located in Susquehanna County
  • Tingley
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tingley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tingley
    • Tingley is located in Susquehanna County
  • Williams Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williams Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Corner
    • Williams Corner is located in Susquehanna County

How Far From New Milford to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as New Milford to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Montrose, which is the Seat of Susquehanna County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 125 miles [201.2 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from New Milford to Harrisburg, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 216 miles [347.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 5,718 miles [9,202.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,432 miles [10,351.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,308 miles [6,933.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for New Milford. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Susquehanna County: www.susquehanna.pa.us/

The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

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 drawn from Point A (ie- New Milford) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in New Milford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8754, Longitude: -75.7274       In this case, the coordinates for New Milford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 New Milford 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 New Milford to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.859 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.74 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.914 degrees.









 

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