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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 Milam, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Milam 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 Milam:
    • 37.681502, -81.472882
    • 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 Milam
  • 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 Wyoming County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wyoming County
    • Since Milam is near Raleigh County and also Boone County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Raleigh County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Boone 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 Milam

Communities Also Named Milam ...

We found three communities that are also named Milam.

There is one other community in West Virginia that is also named Milam.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In West Virginia ...
    • Hardy County
      • This Milam is located in Hardy County and lies 150 miles [241.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Milam that is located in Wyoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardy County community of Milam.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Clark 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 Milam [Clark County].
    • Texas
      • Sabine County
      • This Milam is located in Sabine County and lies 824 miles [1,326.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Milam that is located in Wyoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sabine County community of Milam.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Milam ...

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.

  • Bolt
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Bolt is located in Raleigh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolt
  • Edith
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Edith is located in Wyoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
  • Glen Fork
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Glen Fork is located in Wyoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Fork
  • Jesse
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jesse is located in Wyoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jesse
  • Joe Branch
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Joe Branch is located in Wyoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joe Branch
  • Keyrock
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Keyrock is located in Wyoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyrock
  • Newfound
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Newfound is located in Wyoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfound
  • Polk Gap
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Polk Gap is located in Wyoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk Gap
  • Ravencliff
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Ravencliff is located in Wyoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravencliff
  • Redbird
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Redbird is located in Raleigh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird
  • Rock View
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Rock View is located in Wyoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock View
  • Slab Fork
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Slab Fork is located in Raleigh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Fork
  • Turkey
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Turkey is located in Wyoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey

How Far From Milam 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 Milam to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Pineville, which is the Seat of Wyoming County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 46 miles [74 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Milam to Charleston, with an average speed<3> 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 254 miles [408.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,137 miles [9,876.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,848 miles [11,020.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,723 miles [7,600.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Milam) 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 Milam 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 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 Milam 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 Milam. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6815, Longitude: -81.4729       In this case, the coordinates for Milam have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.576 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.318 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.008 degrees.