Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Millesville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Millesville and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Millesville

• 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 Millesville:
  • 36.307914, -79.415300
  • 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 Millesville

• 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 Caswell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Caswell County
  • Since Millesville is near Alamance County and also Rockingham County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Alamance County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Rockingham 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 Millesville

Communities Also Named Millesville ...

We found one communities that are also named Millesville.

Within North Carolina, the name Millesville is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, there is another community also named Millesville in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Pennsylvania
    • Allegheny County
    • This Millesville is located in Allegheny County and lies 268 miles [431.3 km]<1> to the north of the Millesville that is located in Caswell County.
    • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Millesville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Millesville ...

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.

• Clover Garden
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Clover Garden is located in Alamance County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Garden
• Hightowers
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Hightowers is located in Caswell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightowers
• Jones
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Jones is located in Caswell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
• Lakeview
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Lakeview is located in Alamance County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
• Locust Hill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Locust Hill is located in Caswell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
• Park Spring
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Park Spring is located in Caswell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Spring
• Pleasant Grove
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Pleasant Grove is located in Alamance County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
• Quick
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Quick is located in Caswell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quick
• Stony Creek
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
• Union Ridge
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Union Ridge is located in Alamance County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Ridge
• Yanceyville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Yanceyville is located in Caswell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yanceyville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,941 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yanceyville <2>

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

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

• Yanceyville, which is the Seat of Caswell County, lies just to the North Northeast.
• Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 56 miles [90.1 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Millesville to Raleigh, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 221 miles [355.7 km] to the northeast (NE). 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 6,111 miles [9,834.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,810 miles [10,959.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,689 miles [7,546.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'