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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 Millett, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Millett 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 Millett:
- 33.081264, -81.535664
- 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 Millett
- 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 Allendale County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allendale County
- Since Millett is near Burke County and also Barnwell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Burke County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barnwell 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 Millett
Communities Also Named Millett ...
We found four communities that are also named Millett.
There is one other community in South Carolina that is also named Millett.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In South Carolina ...
- Barnwell 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 South Carolina community of Millett [Barnwell County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Eaton County
- This Millett is located in Eaton County and lies 684 miles [1,100.8 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Millett that is located in Allendale County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Eaton County community of Millett.
- Nevada
- Nye County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Millett [Nye County].
- Texas
- La Salle County
- This Millett is located in La Salle County and lies 1,090 miles [1,754.2 km]<2> to the west of the Millett that is located in Allendale County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the La Salle County community of Millett.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Millett ...
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.
- Boiling Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Boiling Springs is located in Barnwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Springs
- Hills Store
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hills Store is located in Burke County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Store
- Little Hell Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Little Hell Landing is located in Allendale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Hell Landing
- Martin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Robbins ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Robbins is located in Barnwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins
- Rock Fence Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Fence Crossroads is located in Burke County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Fence Crossroads
- Steel Creek Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Steel Creek Landing is located in Allendale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steel Creek Landing
- Stoney Bluff Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Stoney Bluff Ferry is located in Burke County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Bluff Ferry
How Far From Millett 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 Millett to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Millett and extending to:
- Allendale, which is the Seat of Allendale County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Millett to Allendale, with an average speed<5> 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.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 69 miles [111 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 473 miles [761.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,346 miles [10,212.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,037 miles [11,325 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,921 miles [7,919.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 Millett 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Millett) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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 Millett, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Millett 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 Millett. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0813, Longitude: -81.5357 In this case, the coordinates for Millett have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.589 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.666 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.37 degrees. |
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