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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 McMillin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McMillin 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 McMillin:
- 47.139906, -122.236657
- 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 McMillin
- 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 Pierce County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pierce County
- Since McMillin is near King County and also Thurston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for King County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Thurston 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 McMillin
Curious and Interesting Names Near McMillin ...
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.
- Cedarview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cedarview is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarview
- Croker
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Croker is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croker
- Electron
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Electron is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electron
- Elk Plain
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Elk Plain is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Plain
- Fern Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fern Hill is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Hill
- Firwood ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gardenville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Graham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jims Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Jims Corner is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jims Corner
- Loveland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Loveland is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveland
- Meeker
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Meeker is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeker
- Prairie Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Prairie Ridge is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Ridge
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Rocky Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Stuck
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Stuck is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuck
- Tanwax
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Tanwax is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanwax
- Thrift
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Thrift is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrift
How Far From McMillin 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 McMillin to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in McMillin and extending to:
- Tacoma, which is the Seat of Pierce County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from McMillin to Tacoma, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 31 miles [49.9 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,317 miles [3,728.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 132 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,802 miles [10,946.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,564 miles [12,173.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,684 miles [9,147.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- McMillin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 McMillin 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 McMillin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.1399, Longitude: -122.2367 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.772 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.287 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.73 degrees. |
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