Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in McMillan, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McMillan and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for McMillan
- 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 McMillan:
- 31.319611, -98.651987
- 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 McMillan
- 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 San Saba County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for San Saba County
- Since McMillan is near Mills County and also Lampasas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Mills County
- eBird sighting report for Lampasas 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 McMillan ...
We found twelve communities that share the name McMillan.
Within Texas, the name McMillan is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, eleven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Idaho
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Holmes County
- This McMillan is located in Holmes County and lies 523 miles [841.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the McMillan that is located in San Saba County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Holmes County community of McMillan.
- Winston County
- This McMillan is located in Winston County and lies 571 miles [918.9 km] to the east northeast of the McMillan that is located in San Saba County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winston County community of McMillan.
- North Carolina
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- Pennsylvania
- Tennessee
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near McMillan ...
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.
- Big Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Valley
- Big Valley is located in Mills County
- China Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for China Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Creek
- China Creek is located in San Saba County
- Double Ford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Double Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Ford
- Double Ford is located in Mills County
- Hicks Crossing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hicks Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Crossing
- Hicks Crossing is located in San Saba County
- Locker ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locker
- Locker is located in San Saba County
- Pleasant Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Pleasant Grove is located in Mills County
- Red Bluff Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Bluff Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff Crossing
- Red Bluff Crossing is located in Lampasas County
- Regency ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest) - Ridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge
- Ridge is located in Mills County
- Rough Creek Crossing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rough Creek Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough Creek Crossing
- Rough Creek Crossing is located in San Saba County
- Spring Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Spring Creek is located in San Saba County
- Williams Ranch ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Williams Ranch. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Ranch
- Williams Ranch is located in Mills County
How Far From McMillan 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 McMillan to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in McMillan and extending to:
- San Saba, which is the Seat of San Saba County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from McMillan to San Saba, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 90 miles [144.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,324 miles [2,130.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 52 days and walking would take 76 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,131 miles [11,476.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,866 miles [12,659.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,745 miles [9,245.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for McMillan. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for San Saba County: www.sansabacounty.org/
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
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 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 McMillan 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' (or 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- McMillan) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in McMillan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.3196, Longitude: -98.6520 In this case, the coordinates for McMillan have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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 McMillan 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 320.987 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.537 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.632 degrees. |