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:
- 37.364722, -76.550278
- 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 Gloucester County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Gloucester County
- Since Millwood is near York County and also James City County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for York County
- eBird sighting report for James City 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.
There is one other community in Virginia which is also named Millwood.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another 30 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 30 communities, 29 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Virginia ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Florida
- Georgia
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Manitoba
- This Millwood lies 1,527 miles [2,457.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Millwood that is located in Gloucester County.
- Maryland
- Carroll County
- This Millwood is located in Carroll County and lies 159 miles [255.9 km]<1> to the north of the Millwood that is located in Gloucester 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 147 miles [236.6 km] to the north of the Millwood that is located in Gloucester 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 817 miles [1,314.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Millwood that is located in Gloucester County.
- Oregon
- 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 367 miles [590.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Millwood that is located in Gloucester 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 364 miles [585.8 km] to the southwest of the Millwood that is located in Gloucester 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 339 miles [545.6 km] to the southwest of the Millwood that is located in Gloucester 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 320 miles [515 km] to the southwest of the Millwood that is located in Gloucester 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 315 miles [506.9 km] to the southwest of the Millwood that is located in Gloucester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamsburg County community of Millwood.
- Texas
- 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.
- Clay Bank
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Gum Fork
(Less than 2 miles to the west) - Hermitage
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Hermitage Banks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hermitage Banks have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage Banks
- Hermitage Banks is located in Gloucester County
- Money
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Ordinary
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ordinary
- Ordinary is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ordinary <5>
- Rosewell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Rosewell Harbor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosewell Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewell Harbor
- Rosewell Harbor is located in Gloucester County
- Sassafras
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Valley Front ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley Front have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Front
- Valley Front is located in Gloucester County
How Far From Millwood 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 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:
- Gloucester, which is the Seat of Gloucester County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 50 miles [80.5 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Millwood to Richmond, with an average speed<6> 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 most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 109 miles [175.4 km] to the north northwest (NNW). 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 shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,941 miles [9,561.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,638 miles [10,682.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,518 miles [7,271 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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 Gloucester County: www.co.gloucester.va.us/
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.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 drawn 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: 37.3647, Longitude: -76.5503 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 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 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 307.697 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.984 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.097 degrees. |