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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 Millside, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Millside 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 Millside:
    • 39.718169, -75.552423
    • 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 Millside
  • 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 New Castle County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for New Castle County
    • Since Millside is near Salem County and also Delaware County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Salem County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Delaware 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 Millside

Communities Also Named Millside ...

We found two communities that are also named Millside.

Within Delaware, the name Millside is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • North Carolina
      • Cleveland County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Millside [Cleveland County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Cambria County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Millside [Cambria County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Millside ...

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.

  • Boxwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Boxwood is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxwood
  • Buttonwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Buttonwood is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttonwood
  • Churchtown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Churchtown is located in Salem County (NJ)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
  • Delaware Junction
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Delaware Junction is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware Junction
  • Fern Hook
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Fern Hook is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Hook
  • Forest Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Forest Park is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
  • Gordon Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Gordon Heights is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Heights
  • Hazeldell
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Hazeldell is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazeldell
  • Henry Clay
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Henry Clay is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry Clay
  • Hillcrest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hillcrest is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • Keystone
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Keystone is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
  • Liberty
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Liberty is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Manor Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Manor Park is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Park
    • Masonicville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Masonicville is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonicville
    • Overview Gardens
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Overview Gardens is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overview Gardens
    • Pleasant Hills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Pleasant Hills is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills
    • Prices Corner
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Prices Corner is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Corner
    • Rogers Corners
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Rogers Corners is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Corners
    • Rose Hill Gardens
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Rose Hill Gardens is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Gardens
    • Rosegate
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Rosegate is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosegate
    • Silver Springs
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Silver Springs is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
    • Stonehaven
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Stonehaven is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonehaven
    • Tuxedo Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Tuxedo Park is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuxedo Park
    • Willow Run
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Willow Run is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Run
    • Woodland Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Woodland Park is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Millside and extending to:

  • Wilmington, which is the Seat of New Castle County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Millside to Dover, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 97 miles [156.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,800 miles [9,334.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,505 miles [10,468.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,382 miles [7,052.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Millside 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.
<2>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- Millside) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Millside 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 Millside. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7182, Longitude: -75.5524       In this case, the coordinates for Millside have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.953 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.504 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.758 degrees.