Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Millwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Millwood and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Millwood
- 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 Millwood:
- 43.385115, -123.546199
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Millwood
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Douglas County
- Since Millwood is near Coos County and also Lane County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Coos County
- eBird sighting report for Lane 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Millwood ...
We found 31 communities that share the name Millwood.
Within Oregon, the name Millwood is unique.
Beyond Oregon, we know of another 31 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 31 communities, 29 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Florida
- Georgia
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Manitoba
- This Millwood lies 1,151 miles [1,852.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Millwood that is located in Douglas County.
- Maryland
- Carroll County
- This Millwood is located in Carroll County and lies 2,395 miles [3,854.4 km]<1> to the east of the Millwood that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Millwood.
- Harford County
- This Millwood is located in Harford County and lies 2,424 miles [3,901 km] to the east of the Millwood that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Millwood.
- Prince George's County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Millwood [Prince George's County].
- Missouri
- New York
- North Carolina
- Chatham County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Millwood [Chatham County].
- Rutherford 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 North Carolina community of Millwood [Rutherford County].
- Ohio
- Ontario
- This Millwood lies 1,891 miles [3,043.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Millwood that is located in Douglas County.
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Abbeville County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Millwood [Abbeville County].
- Charleston County
- This Millwood is located in Charleston County and lies 2,452 miles [3,946.1 km]<1> to the east of the Millwood that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charleston County community of Millwood.
- Dorchester County
- This Millwood is located in Dorchester County and lies 2,428 miles [3,907.5 km] to the east of the Millwood that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dorchester County community of Millwood.
- Richland County
- This Millwood is located in Richland County and lies 2,357 miles [3,793.2 km] to the east of the Millwood that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Millwood.
- Sumter County
- This Millwood is located in Sumter County and lies 2,389 miles [3,844.7 km] to the east of the Millwood that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Millwood.
- Williamsburg County
- This Millwood is located in Williamsburg County and lies 2,431 miles [3,912.3 km] to the east of the Millwood that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamsburg County community of Millwood.
- Texas
- Virginia
- Clarke County
- This Millwood is located in Clarke County and lies 2,352 miles [3,785.2 km]<1> to the east of the Millwood that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Millwood.
- Gloucester County
- This Millwood is located in Gloucester County and lies 2,473 miles [3,979.9 km] to the east of the Millwood that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gloucester County community of Millwood.
- Washington
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Millwood ...
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.
- Edenbower
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast) - Fair Oaks
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east) - Green
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast) - Kellogg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north) - Lookingglass
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookingglass
- Lookingglass is located in Douglas County
- Oaks
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast) - Redbell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Rice Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Hill
- Rice Hill is located in Douglas County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rice Hill <5>
- Riversdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riversdale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riversdale
- Riversdale is located in Douglas County
- Shady
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast) - Union Gap
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
How Far From Millwood 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 Millwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Millwood and extending to:
- Roseburg, which is the Seat of Douglas County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Millwood to Roseburg, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 110 miles [177 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,406 miles [3,872.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 94 days and walking would take 137 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,068 miles [11,374.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,831 miles [12,602.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,938 miles [9,556.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Millwood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Douglas County: www.co.douglas.or.us/
The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Millwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Millwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.3851, Longitude: -123.5462 In this case, the coordinates for Millwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Millwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Millwood 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. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Millwood to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.64 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 343.125 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.783 degrees. |