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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 Millbrig, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Millbrig 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 Millbrig:
- 42.477505, -90.404572
- 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 Millbrig
- 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 Jo Daviess County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jo Daviess County
- Since Millbrig is near Grant County and also Lafayette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grant County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lafayette 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 Millbrig
Curious and Interesting Names Near Millbrig ...
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.
- Council Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Council Hill is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council Hill
- Cuba City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cuba City is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,047 people
- Fair Play
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fair Play is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Play
- Galena
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Galena Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Galena Junction is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Junction
- Gears Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gears Ferry is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gears Ferry
- Hazel Green
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hazel Green is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,219 people
- Lead Mine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lead Mine is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lead Mine
- New Diggings
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- New Diggings is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Diggings
- Portage
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Portage is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Prairie Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie Corners is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Corners
- Scales Mound
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
How Far From Millbrig 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 Millbrig to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Millbrig once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Millbrig and extending to:
- Galena, which is the Seat of Jo Daviess County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 190 miles [305.8 km]<3> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Millbrig to Springfield, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 741 miles [1,192.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,252 miles [10,061.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,998 miles [11,262.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,888 miles [7,866.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Millbrig, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Millbrig) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Millbrig 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 Millbrig. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4775, Longitude: -90.4046 In this case, the coordinates for Millbrig have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.299 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.541 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.794 degrees. |
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