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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 Milton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Milton 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 New Milton:
- 39.230231, -80.682966
- 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 New Milton
- 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 Doddridge County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Doddridge County
- Since New Milton is near Harrison County and also Lewis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis 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 New Milton
Curious and Interesting Names Near New Milton ...
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.
- Big Battle ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Big Battle is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Battle
- Blandville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Blandville is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blandville
- Coldwater
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fink
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fink is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fink
- Flint
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Flint is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Industrial
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Industrial is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Industrial
- Long Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Long Run is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Run
- Market
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Middle Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Middle Point is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Point
- Sugar Camp
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sugar Camp is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Camp
How Far From New Milton 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 New Milton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in New Milton and extending to:
- West Union, which is the Seat of Doddridge County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from New Milton to Charleston, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 196 miles [315.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,035 miles [9,712.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,750 miles [10,863.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,625 miles [7,443.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- New Milton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Milton 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 New Milton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2302, Longitude: -80.6830 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.06 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.958 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.158 degrees. |
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