Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Millis, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Millis and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Millis
- 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 Millis:
- 42.167597, -71.357836
- 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 Millis
- 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 Norfolk County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Norfolk County
- Since Millis is near Middlesex County and also Worcester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Middlesex County
- eBird sighting report for Worcester 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 Millis ...
We found one communities that share the name Millis.
Within Massachusetts, the name Millis is unique.
Beyond Massachusetts, there is another community also named Millis in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Millis ...
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.
- Benjamins Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Benjamins Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benjamins Landing
- Benjamins Landing is located in Norfolk County
- Braggville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Braggville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggville
- Braggville is located in Middlesex County
- Camp Bob White
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camp Bob White have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Bob White
- Camp Bob White is located in Middlesex County
- Camp Breezy Meadow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camp Breezy Meadow have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Breezy Meadow
- Camp Breezy Meadow is located in Norfolk County
- Caryville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Cedar
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Cedar Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Cedar Hill is located in Norfolk County
- Dover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Farm Street Station
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farm Street Station have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farm Street Station
- Farm Street Station is located in Norfolk County
- Forest Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Forest Park is located in Norfolk County
- Franklin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Franklin is located in Norfolk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34,711 people
- Happy Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Happy Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Hills
- Happy Hills is located in Norfolk County
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- Plimptonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plimptonville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plimptonville
- Plimptonville is located in Norfolk County
- Pondville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Rockville
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Rocky Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Rocky Hill is located in Worcester County
- Unionville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Unionville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Unionville is located in Norfolk County
- Workmans Circle Camp
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Workmans Circle Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Workmans Circle Camp
- Workmans Circle Camp is located in Middlesex County
- Plimptonville
How Far From Millis 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 Millis to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Millis and extending to:
- Dedham, which is the Seat of Norfolk County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<4> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Millis to Dedham, with an average speed<5> 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.
- Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast (NE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 373 miles [600.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,524 miles [8,890 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,230 miles [10,026.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,107 miles [6,609.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Millis: www.millis.org/
The official website for Norfolk County: www.norfolkcounty.org/
The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Millis 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> | 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. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Millis) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Millis. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1676, Longitude: -71.3578 In this case, the coordinates for Millis have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Millis to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.182 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.771 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.803 degrees. |