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 Mill Grove:
36.050977, -78.903619
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 Mill Grove
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 Durham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found seven communities that are also named Mill Grove.
Within North Carolina, the name Mill Grove is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Missouri
Mercer County
This Mill Grove is located in Mercer County and lies 848 miles [1,364.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Mill Grove that is located in Durham County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Mill Grove.
Monroe County
This community is historic<2> and although located in Monroe County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Mill Grove.
New York
Cattaraugus County
This Mill Grove is located in Cattaraugus County and lies 413 miles [664.7 km]<1> to the north of the Mill Grove that is located in Durham County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cattaraugus County community of Mill Grove.
Ohio
Morgan County
This Mill Grove is located in Morgan County and lies 289 miles [465.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Mill Grove that is located in Durham County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Mill Grove.
Pennsylvania
Columbia County
This Mill Grove is located in Columbia County and lies 360 miles [579.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Mill Grove that is located in Durham County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Mill Grove.
Montgomery County
This Mill Grove is located in Montgomery County and lies 338 miles [544 km] to the north northeast of the Mill Grove that is located in Durham County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Mill Grove.
Westmoreland County
This Mill Grove is located in Westmoreland County and lies 290 miles [466.7 km] to the north of the Mill Grove that is located in Durham County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Mill Grove.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mill Grove ...
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.
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 Mill Grove to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mill Grove and extending to:
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 23 miles [37 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Mill Grove to Raleigh, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 221 miles [355.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,100 miles [9,817 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,797 miles [10,938.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,677 miles [7,526.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mill Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Mill Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Mill Grove 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 Mill Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0510, Longitude: -78.9036 In this case, the coordinates for Mill Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.097 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.385 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.487 degrees.