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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 Millard, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Millard 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 Millard:
- 41.205523, -96.15828
- 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 Millard
- 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 Douglas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
- Since Millard is near Sarpy County and also Saunders County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sarpy County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saunders 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 Millard
Communities Also Named Millard ...
We found ten communities that are also named Millard.
Within Nebraska, the name Millard is unique.
Beyond Nebraska, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Barton County
- This Millard is located in Barton County and lies 228 miles [366.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Millard that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barton County community of Millard.
- Geary 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 Millard [Geary County].
- Kentucky
- Pike County
- This Millard is located in Pike County and lies 777 miles [1,250.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Millard that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Millard.
- Mississippi
- Pearl River County
- This Millard is located in Pearl River County and lies 810 miles [1,303.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Millard that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pearl River County community of Millard.
- Missouri
- Adair County
- This Millard is located in Adair County and lies 203 miles [326.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Millard that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adair County community of Millard.
- South Dakota
- Faulk County
- This Millard is located in Faulk County and lies 312 miles [502.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Millard that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Faulk County community of Millard.
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- This Millard is located in Salt Lake County and lies 818 miles [1,316.4 km]<1> to the west of the Millard that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Millard.
- Virginia
- Dickenson County
- This Millard is located in Dickenson County and lies 787 miles [1,266.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Millard that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dickenson County community of Millard.
- West Virginia
- Roane County
- This Millard is located in Roane County and lies 798 miles [1,284.3 km]<1> to the east of the Millard that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roane County community of Millard.
- Wisconsin
- Walworth County
- This Millard is located in Walworth County and lies 400 miles [643.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Millard that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walworth County community of Millard.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Millard ...
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.
- Boys Town
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cedar Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Elk City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elkhorn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Green Meadows
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Green Meadows is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- King Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lane
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lane is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
- Portal
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Portal is located in Sarpy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portal
- Skyline
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Skyline is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline
- Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Millard to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Millard to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Millard and extending to:
- Omaha, which is the Seat of Douglas County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Lincoln, which is the State Capital of Nebraska, lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Millard to Lincoln, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,021 miles [1,643.1 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take over two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,515 miles [10,484.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,267 miles [11,695.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,168 miles [8,317.1 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 from Point A (ie- Millard) 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 Millard 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 Millard 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 Millard. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2055, Longitude: -96.1583 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.24 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.897 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.052 degrees. |
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