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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 Millis, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Millis 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 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.
    • Open 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:
    • Open the 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:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex County
    • Open the 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Millis

Communities Also Named Millis ...

We found one communities that are also named 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 ...
    • Wyoming
      • Uinta 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 Wyoming community of Millis [Uinta County].

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)
    • Benjamins Landing is located in Norfolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benjamins Landing
  • Braggville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Braggville is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggville
  • Camp Bob White
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Camp Bob White is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Bob White
  • Camp Breezy Meadow
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Camp Breezy Meadow is located in Norfolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Breezy Meadow
  • Caryville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Caryville is located in Norfolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caryville
  • Cedar
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedar is located in Norfolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
  • Cedar Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedar Hill is located in Norfolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
  • Dover
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Dover is located in Norfolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,119 people
  • Farm Street Station
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Farm Street Station is located in Norfolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farm Street Station
  • Forest Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Forest Park is located in Norfolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
  • Franklin
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Franklin is located in Norfolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,711 people
  • Happy Hills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Happy Hills is located in Norfolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Hills
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Plimptonville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Plimptonville is located in Norfolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plimptonville
    • Pondville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Pondville is located in Norfolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondville
    • Rockville
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Rockville is located in Norfolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
    • Rocky Hill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Rocky Hill is located in Worcester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
    • Unionville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Unionville is located in Norfolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
    • Workmans Circle Camp
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Workmans Circle Camp is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Workmans Circle Camp

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<2> beginning in Millis and extending to:

  • Dedham, which is the Seat of Norfolk County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Millis to Dedham, with an average speed<3> 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<4> 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).<5>
  • 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).<6>
  • 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).<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 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Millis) 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 Millis 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 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>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.182 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.771 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.803 degrees.