Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Milltown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Milltown and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Milltown
- 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 Milltown:
- 36.393668, -85.799425
- 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 Milltown
- 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Since Milltown is near Smith County and also Macon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Smith County
- eBird sighting report for Macon 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 Milltown ...
We found 36 communities that share the name Milltown.
There are two communities within Tennessee that are also named Milltown.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another 34 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 34 communities, 33 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Tennessee ...
- Humphreys County
- Marshall County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Indiana
- Kentucky
- Adair County
- This Milltown is located in Adair County and lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Milltown that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adair County community of Milltown.
- Nicholas County
- This Milltown is located in Nicholas County and lies 171 miles [275.2 km] to the northeast of the Milltown that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nicholas County community of Milltown.
- Maine
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Butler County
- This Milltown is located in Butler County and lies 267 miles [429.7 km]<1> to the west of the Milltown that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Milltown.
- Knox County
- This Milltown is located in Knox County and lies 432 miles [695.2 km] to the northwest of the Milltown that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Milltown.
- Montana
- New Brunswick
- This Milltown lies 1,137 miles [1,829.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Milltown that is located in Jackson County.
- New Jersey
- Hunterdon County
- This Milltown is located in Hunterdon County and lies 646 miles [1,039.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Milltown that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hunterdon County community of Milltown.
- Middlesex 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 New Jersey community of Milltown [Middlesex County].
- Salem County
- This Milltown is located in Salem County and lies 613 miles [986.5 km] to the east northeast of the Milltown that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salem County community of Milltown.
- Somerset County
- This Milltown is located in Somerset County and lies 665 miles [1,070.2 km] to the east northeast of the Milltown that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Milltown.
- Union County
- This Milltown is located in Union County and lies 687 miles [1,105.6 km] to the east northeast of the Milltown that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Milltown.
- New York
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- This Milltown lies 1,716 miles [2,761.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Milltown that is located in Jackson County.
- North Carolina
- Ontario
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County
- This Milltown is located in Allegheny County and lies 431 miles [693.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Milltown that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Milltown.
- Bradford County
- This Milltown is located in Bradford County and lies 629 miles [1,012.3 km] to the northeast of the Milltown that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradford County community of Milltown.
- Chester County
- This Milltown is located in Chester County and lies 608 miles [978.5 km] to the east northeast of the Milltown that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Milltown.
- Perry County
- This Milltown is located in Perry County and lies 535 miles [861 km] to the east northeast of the Milltown that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Milltown.
- Warren County
- This Milltown is located in Warren County and lies 515 miles [828.8 km] to the northeast of the Milltown that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Milltown.
- South Dakota
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Milltown ...
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.
- Bagdad ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Cartwright
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cartwright have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
- Cartwright is located in Smith County
- Cub Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Difficult
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Difficult
- Difficult is located in Smith County
- Estimated population in 2014: 14,993 people
- Flynns Lick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flynns Lick have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flynns Lick
- Flynns Lick is located in Jackson County
- Goose Horn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goose Horn have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Horn
- Goose Horn is located in Macon County
- Highland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Highland Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Ferry
- Highland Ferry is located in Jackson County
- Mill Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Rough Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough Point
- Rough Point is located in Jackson County
How Far From Milltown to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Milltown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Milltown and extending to:
- Gainesboro, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 56 miles [90.1 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Milltown to Nashville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 509 miles [819.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,374 miles [10,258 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,091 miles [11,411.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,966 miles [7,992 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Milltown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Jackson County: www.jacksonco.com/
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Milltown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Milltown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3937, Longitude: -85.7994 In this case, the coordinates for Milltown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Milltown 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> | 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 Milltown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 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 Milltown to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.197 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.136 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.212 degrees. |