Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Millard, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Millard and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Millard
- 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 Millard:
- 42.734457, -88.621492
- 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 Millard
- 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 Walworth County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Walworth County
- Since Millard is near Rock County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Rock County
- eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Millard ...
We found ten communities that share the name Millard.
Within Wisconsin, the name Millard is unique.
Beyond Wisconsin, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Barton County
- This Millard is located in Barton County and lies 606 miles [975.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Millard that is located in Walworth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barton County community of Millard.
- Geary 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 Kansas community of Millard [Geary County].
- Kentucky
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- South Dakota
- Utah
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Kansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Millard ...
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.
- Bowers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers
- Bowers is located in Walworth County
- Elkhorn
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
- Elkhorn is located in Walworth County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,020 people
- Heart Prairie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Heart Prairie. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heart Prairie
- Heart Prairie is located in Walworth County
- Inlet
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Johnstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Johnstown is located in Rock County
- Lake Lawn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Little Prairie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Little Prairie. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Prairie
- Little Prairie is located in Walworth County
- Mayhews ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
How Far From Millard 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 Millard to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Millard and extending to:
- Elkhorn, which is the Seat of Walworth County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 45 miles [72.4 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Millard to Madison, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full 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 660 miles [1,062.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,176 miles [9,939.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,919 miles [11,135.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,807 miles [7,736.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Millard. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Walworth County: www.co.walworth.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Millard) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Millard. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7345, Longitude: -88.6215 In this case, the coordinates for Millard 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 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 Millard 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> | 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. |
| <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 Millard 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 315.091 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.20 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.814 degrees. |