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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 Millbridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Millbridge 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 Millbridge:
    • 39.807059, -75.034058
    • 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 Millbridge
  • 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 Camden County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Camden County
    • Since Millbridge is near Gloucester County and also Burlington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Gloucester County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Burlington 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 Millbridge

Communities Also Named Millbridge ...

We found two communities that are also named Millbridge.

Within New Jersey, the name Millbridge is unique.

Beyond New Jersey, we know of two communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maine
      • Washington County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Millbridge [Washington County].
    • Ontario
      • This Millbridge lies 361 miles [581 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Millbridge that is located in Camden County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Millbridge ...

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.

  • Cherrywood
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Cherrywood is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrywood
  • Chews
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Chews is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chews
  • Dicktown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Dicktown is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dicktown
  • Downs Farms
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Downs Farms is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs Farms
  • Echelon
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Echelon is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echelon
  • Garden City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Garden City is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
  • Gardenville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Gardenville is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardenville
  • Gardenville Center
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Gardenville Center is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardenville Center
  • Good Intent
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Good Intent is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Intent
  • Green Tree
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Green Tree is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
  • Greenland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Greenland is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
  • Hickstown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Hickstown is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickstown
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Hilltop
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Hilltop is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
    • Lambs Terrace
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Lambs Terrace is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambs Terrace
    • Mechanicsville
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Mechanicsville is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
    • Snow Hill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Snow Hill is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
    • Sunset Beach
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Sunset Beach is located in Gloucester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Beach

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

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

  • Camden, which is the Seat of Camden County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Millbridge to Camden, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 32 miles [51.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 123 miles [197.9 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,774 miles [9,292.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,479 miles [10,426.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,356 miles [7,010.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Millbridge 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Millbridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Millbridge 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 Millbridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8071, Longitude: -75.0341       In this case, the coordinates for Millbridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.64 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.162 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.50 degrees.