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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 Millburn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Millburn 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 Millburn:
    • 40.724425, -74.305110
    • 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 Millburn
  • 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 Essex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Essex County
    • Since Millburn is near Union County and also Morris County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Morris 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 Millburn

Communities Also Named Millburn ...

We found six communities that are also named Millburn.

Within New Jersey, the name Millburn is unique.

Beyond New Jersey, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Lake County
      • This Millburn is located in Lake County and lies 716 miles [1,152.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Millburn that is located in Essex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Millburn.
    • Louisiana
      • Avoyelles Parish
      • 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 Louisiana community of Millburn [Avoyelles Parish].
    • New York
      • Nassau County
      • This Millburn is located in Nassau County and lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<1> to the east of the Millburn that is located in Essex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of Millburn.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Mercer County
      • This Millburn is located in Mercer County and lies 310 miles [498.9 km]<1> to the west of the Millburn that is located in Essex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Millburn.
    • Utah
      • Sanpete 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 Utah community of Millburn [Sanpete County].
    • Washington
      • Lewis County
      • This Millburn is located in Lewis County and lies 2,430 miles [3,910.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Millburn that is located in Essex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Millburn.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Millburn ...

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.

  • Crane Square
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Crane Square is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane Square
  • Floral Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Floral Hill is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral Hill
  • Hillside
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Maplewood
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Milltown
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Milltown is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
  • Orange
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Overlook
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Overlook is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook
  • Rosedale Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Rosedale Village is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale Village
  • Short Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Short Hills is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Hills
  • Union
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Unionburg
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Unionburg is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionburg
  • Woodland Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Woodland Park is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
  • Wyoming
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Wyoming is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming

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

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

  • Newark, which is the Seat of Essex County, lies just to the East.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 42 miles [67.6 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Millburn to Trenton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full 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 192 miles [309 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,706 miles [9,182.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,412 miles [10,319.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,289 miles [6,902.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Millburn) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Millburn 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 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 Millburn 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 Millburn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7244, Longitude: -74.3051    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.12 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.72 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.789 degrees.