Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Millwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Millwood and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Millwood
- 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 Millwood:
- 37.421662, -108.333695
- 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 Millwood
- 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 Montezuma County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Montezuma County
- Since Millwood is near La Plata County and also Dolores County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for La Plata County
- eBird sighting report for Dolores 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Millwood ...
We found 31 communities that share the name Millwood.
Within Colorado, the name Millwood is unique.
Beyond Colorado, we know of another 31 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 31 communities, 29 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- California
- Florida
- Georgia
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Manitoba
- This Millwood lies 977 miles [1,572.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Millwood that is located in Montezuma County.
- Maryland
- Carroll County
- This Millwood is located in Carroll County and lies 1,698 miles [2,732.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Millwood that is located in Montezuma County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Millwood.
- Harford County
- This Millwood is located in Harford County and lies 1,725 miles [2,776.1 km] to the east northeast of the Millwood that is located in Montezuma County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Millwood.
- Prince George's County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Millwood [Prince George's County].
- Missouri
- New York
- North Carolina
- Chatham County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Millwood [Chatham County].
- Rutherford County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Millwood [Rutherford County].
- Ohio
- Ontario
- This Millwood lies 1,395 miles [2,245 km]<1> to the northeast of the Millwood that is located in Montezuma County.
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Abbeville County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Millwood [Abbeville County].
- Charleston County
- This Millwood is located in Charleston County and lies 1,632 miles [2,626.4 km]<1> to the east of the Millwood that is located in Montezuma County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charleston County community of Millwood.
- Dorchester County
- This Millwood is located in Dorchester County and lies 1,609 miles [2,589.4 km] to the east of the Millwood that is located in Montezuma County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dorchester County community of Millwood.
- Richland County
- This Millwood is located in Richland County and lies 1,547 miles [2,489.7 km] to the east of the Millwood that is located in Montezuma County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Millwood.
- Sumter County
- This Millwood is located in Sumter County and lies 1,580 miles [2,542.8 km] to the east of the Millwood that is located in Montezuma County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Millwood.
- Williamsburg County
- This Millwood is located in Williamsburg County and lies 1,622 miles [2,610.4 km] to the east of the Millwood that is located in Montezuma County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamsburg County community of Millwood.
- Texas
- Virginia
- Clarke County
- This Millwood is located in Clarke County and lies 1,639 miles [2,637.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Millwood that is located in Montezuma County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Millwood.
- Gloucester County
- This Millwood is located in Gloucester County and lies 1,735 miles [2,792.2 km] to the east of the Millwood that is located in Montezuma County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gloucester County community of Millwood.
- Washington
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Millwood ...
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.
- Dolores
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolores
- Dolores is located in Montezuma County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 964 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dolores <4>
- Echo House ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Echo House have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo House
- Echo House is located in Montezuma County
- Lewis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewis have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Lewis is located in Montezuma County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lewis <4>
- Mayday ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east) - Roundup Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roundup Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundup Junction
- Roundup Junction is located in Montezuma County
- Stoner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north) - Swallows Nest ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swallows Nest have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swallows Nest
- Swallows Nest is located in Montezuma County
- Yellow Jacket
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Jacket
- Yellow Jacket is located in Montezuma County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yellow Jacket <4>
How Far From Millwood 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 Millwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Millwood and extending to:
- Cortez, which is the Seat of Montezuma County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Millwood to Cortez, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 241 miles [387.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,693 miles [2,724.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 67 days and walking would take 97 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,104 miles [11,432.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,869 miles [12,663.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,805 miles [9,342.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Millwood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Montezuma County: www.co.montezuma.co.us/
The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/
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- Millwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Millwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4217, Longitude: -108.3337 In this case, the coordinates for Millwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Millwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Millwood 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Millwood to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 328.809 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 327.492 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.996 degrees. |