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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 Millview, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Millview 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 Millview:
    • 35.878953, -86.790833
    • 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 Millview
  • 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 Williamson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Williamson County
    • Since Millview is near Rutherford County and also Davidson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rutherford County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Davidson 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 Millview

Communities Also Named Millview ...

We found four communities that are also named Millview.

Within Tennessee, the name Millview is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, .

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Escambia County
      • This Millview is located in Escambia County and lies 378 miles [608.3 km]<1> to the south of the Millview that is located in Williamson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Escambia County community of Millview.
    • Nova Scotia
      • 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 Nova Scotia community of Millview.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Sullivan County
      • This Millview is located in Sullivan County and lies 672 miles [1,081.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Millview that is located in Williamson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Millview.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Millview lies 1,427 miles [2,296.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Millview that is located in Williamson County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Millview ...

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.

  • Cross Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Cross Creek is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Creek
  • Hickory Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Hickory Hills is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
  • Hooker Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Hooker Hills is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker Hills
  • Indian Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Indian Springs is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
  • Liberty Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Liberty Hills is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hills
  • Maplewood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Maplewood is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
  • Mudsink
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Mudsink is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudsink
  • Redwing Farms
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Redwing Farms is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwing Farms
  • Riverview Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Riverview Park is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Park
  • Rolling Rivers
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Rolling Rivers is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Rivers
  • Royal Oaks
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Royal Oaks is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
  • Rudderville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Rudderville is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudderville
  • Springview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Springview is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springview
  • Trinity
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Trinity is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity

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

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

  • Franklin, which is the Seat of Williamson County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Millview to Nashville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 573 miles [922.2 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 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,438 miles [10,361 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,156 miles [11,516.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,031 miles [8,096.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Millview) 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 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 Millview 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 Millview 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 Millview. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8790, Longitude: -86.7908       In this case, the coordinates for Millview have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.791 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.747 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.761 degrees.