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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 Basin Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Basin Mills 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 Basin Mills:
- 44.874514, -68.666421
- 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 Basin Mills
- 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 Penobscot County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Penobscot County
- Since Basin Mills is near Hancock County and also Waldo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Waldo 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 Basin Mills
Curious and Interesting Names Near Basin Mills ...
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.
- Brewer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Elliot Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Elliot Landing is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot Landing
- French Settlement
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- French Settlement is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Settlement
- Great Works
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Great Works is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Works
- Lucky Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lucky Landing is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky Landing
- Pea Cove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pea Cove is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Cove
- Sandy Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Beach is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Beach
- Six Mile Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Six Mile Falls is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Mile Falls
- Stillwater
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stillwater is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
How Far From Basin Mills 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 Basin Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Basin Mills and extending to:
- Bangor, which is the Seat of Penobscot County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 67 miles [107.8 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Basin Mills to Augusta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 595 miles [957.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,309 miles [8,544 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,022 miles [9,691.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,898 miles [6,273.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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- Basin Mills) 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 Basin Mills 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 Basin Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.8745, Longitude: -68.6664 In this case, the coordinates for Basin Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.083 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 297.886 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.074 degrees. |
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