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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 Millet, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Millet 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 Millet:
- 37.934260, -82.490707
- 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 Millet
- 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 Wayne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- Since Millet is near Lawrence County and also Martin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Martin 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 Millet
Communities Also Named Millet ...
We found two communities that are also named Millet.
Within West Virginia, the name Millet is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
- This Millet lies 1,805 miles [2,904.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Millet that is located in Wayne County.
- Wisconsin
- Crawford 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 Wisconsin community of Millet [Crawford County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Millet ...
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.
- Beauty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Beauty is located in Martin County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauty
- Brows Defeat
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Brows Defeat is located in Lawrence County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brows Defeat
- Castle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Castle is located in Martin County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle
- Greyeagle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Greyeagle is located in Mingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greyeagle
- Inez
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Job
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Job is located in Martin County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Job
- Kermit
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lovely
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lovely is located in Martin County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovely
- Patrick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Patrick is located in Lawrence County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Peach Orchard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Peach Orchard is located in Lawrence County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
- Quaker
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Quaker is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker
- Stepptown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stepptown is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stepptown
- Stonecoal
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Stonecoal is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecoal
- Tomahawk
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tomahawk is located in Martin County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
- Upper Tug
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Upper Tug is located in Lawrence County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Tug
How Far From Millet 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 Millet to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Millet once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Millet and extending to:
- Wayne, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Millet to Wayne, with an average speed<5> 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 most of a day.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 54 miles [86.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 302 miles [486 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,167 miles [9,924.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,882 miles [11,075.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,757 miles [7,655.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Millet) 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 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 Millet 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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 Millet, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Millet 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 Millet. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9343, Longitude: -82.4907 In this case, the coordinates for Millet have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.189 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.055 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.364 degrees. |
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