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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 McMillan, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McMillan 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 McMillan:
    • 33.170126, -89.109231
    • 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 McMillan
  • 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 Winston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Winston County
    • Since McMillan is near Choctaw County and also Oktibbeha County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Choctaw County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Oktibbeha 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 McMillan

Communities Also Named McMillan ...

We found twelve communities that are also named McMillan.

There is one other community in Mississippi that is also named McMillan.

Beyond Mississippi, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, eleven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Mississippi ...
    • Holmes County
      • This McMillan is located in Holmes County and lies 48 miles [77.2 km]<1> to the west of the McMillan that is located in Winston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Holmes County community of McMillan.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Escambia County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of McMillan [Escambia County].
    • Idaho
      • Twin Falls County
      • This McMillan is located in Twin Falls County and lies 1,516 miles [2,439.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the McMillan that is located in Winston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Twin Falls County community of McMillan.
    • Michigan
      • Luce County
      • This McMillan is located in Luce County and lies 927 miles [1,491.9 km]<1> to the north of the McMillan that is located in Winston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luce County community of McMillan.
    • North Carolina
      • Robeson County
      • This McMillan is located in Robeson County and lies 592 miles [952.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the McMillan that is located in Winston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Robeson County community of McMillan.
    • Oklahoma
      • Marshall County
      • This McMillan is located in Marshall County and lies 454 miles [730.6 km]<1> to the west of the McMillan that is located in Winston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of McMillan.
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of McMillan.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Washington County
      • This McMillan is located in Washington County and lies 678 miles [1,091.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the McMillan that is located in Winston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of McMillan.
    • Tennessee
      • Knox County
      • This McMillan is located in Knox County and lies 361 miles [581 km]<1> to the northeast of the McMillan that is located in Winston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of McMillan.
    • Texas
      • San Saba County
      • This McMillan is located in San Saba County and lies 571 miles [918.9 km]<1> to the west of the McMillan that is located in Winston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Saba County community of McMillan.
    • West Virginia
      • Preston County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of McMillan [Preston County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Marathon County
      • This McMillan is located in Marathon County and lies 801 miles [1,289.1 km]<1> to the north of the McMillan that is located in Winston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marathon County community of McMillan.

Curious and Interesting Names Near McMillan ...

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.

  • Calvary
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Calvary is located in Winston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
  • Deposit ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Deposit is located in Winston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deposit
  • Edgefield ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Edgefield is located in Attala County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgefield
  • Evergreen
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Evergreen is located in Winston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
  • Ford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Ford is located in Winston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford
  • Gum Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Gum Springs is located in Winston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
  • Highpoint
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Highpoint is located in Winston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highpoint
  • Liberty
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Liberty is located in Winston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Louisville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • McCool
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • McCool is located in Attala County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCool
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
  • Randalls Bluff ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Randalls Bluff is located in Winston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randalls Bluff
  • Rural Hill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Rural Hill is located in Winston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Hill

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in McMillan and extending to:

  • Louisville, which is the Seat of Winston County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 86 miles [138.4 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from McMillan to Jackson, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 780 miles [1,255.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,663 miles [10,723.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,377 miles [11,872.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,253 miles [8,453.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- McMillan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 McMillan 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 McMillan 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 McMillan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1701, Longitude: -89.1092       In this case, the coordinates for McMillan have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.054 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.835 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.302 degrees.