Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Millridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Millridge and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Millridge

• 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 Millridge:
  • 33.924547, -84.460208
  • 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 Millridge

• 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 Cobb County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cobb County
  • Since Millridge is near Fulton County and also DeKalb County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb 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 Millridge

Curious and Interesting Names Near Millridge ...

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.

• Chimney Trace
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Chimney Trace is located in Cobb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Trace
• Crossgate
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Crossgate is located in Cobb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossgate
• Greyfield
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Greyfield is located in Cobb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greyfield
• Heard Ferry
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Heard Ferry is located in Cobb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heard Ferry
• Heritage
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Heritage is located in Cobb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage
• Post Harbor
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Post Harbor is located in Cobb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Harbor
• Post River
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Post River is located in Cobb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post River
• Power Ferry
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Power Ferry is located in Cobb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Power Ferry
• Shadowwood
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Shadowwood is located in Cobb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadowwood
• Sun Valley
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Sun Valley is located in Cobb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
• Treetop
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Treetop is located in Cobb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treetop

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Millridge and extending to:

• Marietta, which is the Seat of Cobb County, lies just to the West Northwest.
• Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Millridge to Atlanta, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 536 miles [862.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,434 miles [10,354.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,137 miles [11,485.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,015 miles [8,070.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'