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 Millbrook:
35.850114, -78.605871
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 Millbrook
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 Wake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found 30 communities that are also named Millbrook.
There are four communities within North Carolina that are also named Millbrook.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of 26 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 26 communities, 27 are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
Communities Located In North Carolina ...
Forsyth County
This Millbrook is located in Forsyth County and lies 101 miles [162.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Millbrook that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Forsyth County community of Millbrook.
New Hanover County
This Millbrook is located in New Hanover County and lies 122 miles [196.3 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Millbrook that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Hanover County community of Millbrook.
Pitt County
Although located in Pitt County, we don't know the location within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pitt County community of Millbrook.
Wilson County
This Millbrook is located in Wilson County and lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Millbrook that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilson County community of Millbrook.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Elmore County
This Millbrook is located in Elmore County and lies 500 miles [804.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Millbrook that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elmore County community of Millbrook.
Connecticut
New Haven County
This Millbrook is located in New Haven County and lies 490 miles [788.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Millbrook that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Haven County community of Millbrook.
Georgia
Fulton County
This Millbrook is located in Fulton County and lies 355 miles [571.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Millbrook that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Millbrook.
Illinois
Kendall County
This Millbrook is located in Kendall County and lies 666 miles [1,071.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Millbrook that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kendall County community of Millbrook.
Kansas
Graham 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 Kansas community of Millbrook [Graham County].
Sedgwick County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Millbrook [Sedgwick County].
Manitoba
This Millbrook lies 1,325 miles [2,132.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Millbrook that is located in Wake County.
Maryland
Kent County
This Millbrook is located in Kent County and lies 271 miles [436.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Millbrook that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Millbrook.
Prince George's 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 Maryland community of Millbrook [Prince George's County].
Massachusetts
Plymouth County
This Millbrook is located in Plymouth County and lies 602 miles [968.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Millbrook that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plymouth County community of Millbrook.
Michigan
Mecosta County
This Millbrook is located in Mecosta County and lies 632 miles [1,017.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Millbrook that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecosta County community of Millbrook.
Missouri
Cole County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Millbrook [Cole County].
New Jersey
Morris County
This Millbrook is located in Morris County and lies 409 miles [658.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Millbrook that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morris County community of Millbrook.
Warren County
This Millbrook is located in Warren County and lies 410 miles [659.8 km] to the north northeast of the Millbrook that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Millbrook.
New York
Dutchess County
This Millbrook is located in Dutchess County and lies 487 miles [783.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Millbrook that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dutchess County community of Millbrook.
Nova Scotia
This Millbrook lies 1,033 miles [1,662.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Millbrook that is located in Wake County.
Ohio
Wayne County
This Millbrook is located in Wayne County and lies 383 miles [616.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Millbrook that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Millbrook.
Ontario
This Millbrook lies 573 miles [922.2 km]<1> to the north of the Millbrook that is located in Wake County.
Pennsylvania
Centre 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 Pennsylvania community of Millbrook [Centre County].
Mercer County
This Millbrook is located in Mercer County and lies 380 miles [611.6 km]<1> to the north of the Millbrook that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Millbrook.
South Carolina
Oconee County
This Millbrook is located in Oconee County and lies 254 miles [408.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Millbrook that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Millbrook.
Vermont
Windsor County
This Millbrook is located in Windsor County and lies 633 miles [1,018.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Millbrook that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Windsor County community of Millbrook.
Virginia
Augusta County
This Millbrook is located in Augusta County and lies 162 miles [260.7 km]<1> to the north of the Millbrook that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Augusta County community of Millbrook.
Stafford County
This Millbrook is located in Stafford County and lies 192 miles [309 km] to the north northeast of the Millbrook that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Millbrook.
West Virginia
Hampshire County
This Millbrook is located in Hampshire County and lies 232 miles [373.4 km]<1> to the north of the Millbrook that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampshire County community of Millbrook.
Wyoming
Albany County
This Millbrook is located in Albany County and lies 1,515 miles [2,438.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Millbrook that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albany County community of Millbrook.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Millbrook ...
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 that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Millbrook to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Millbrook and extending to:
Raleigh, which is the Seat of Wake County, lies just to the South Southwest.
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies just to the south southwest (SSW).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 227 miles [365.3 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Millbrook to White House, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,096 miles [9,810.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,791 miles [10,929.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,672 miles [7,518.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Millbrook) 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 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 Millbrook 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>
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 Millbrook, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Millbrook 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 Millbrook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8501, Longitude: -78.6059 In this case, the coordinates for Millbrook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.931 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.166 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.438 degrees.