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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 Center Montville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Center Montville 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 Center Montville:
- 44.446740, -69.246154
- 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 Center Montville
- 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 Waldo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Waldo County
- Since Center Montville is near Knox County and also Kennebec County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Knox County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kennebec 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 Center Montville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Center Montville ...
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.
- Butlers Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Butlers Corner is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butlers Corner
- Evans Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Evans Corner is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Corner
- Freedom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gregorys Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gregorys Corner is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregorys Corner
- Hayford Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hayford Corner is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayford Corner
- Knights Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Knights Corner is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knights Corner
- Liberty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Neals Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Neals Corner is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neals Corner
- Pauls Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pauls Corner is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pauls Corner
- Polands Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Polands Corner is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polands Corner
- Poors Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Poors Mill is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poors Mill
- Slab City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Slab City is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Waldo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Waldo is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 872 people
How Far From Center Montville 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 Center Montville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Center Montville and extending to:
- Belfast, which is the Seat of Waldo County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Center Montville to Belfast, 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.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 27 miles [43.5 km] to the west southwest (WSW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 554 miles [891.6 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 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,349 miles [8,608.4 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 6,061 miles [9,754.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,937 miles [6,336 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Center Montville) 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 Center Montville 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 Center Montville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.4467, Longitude: -69.2462 In this case, the coordinates for Center Montville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.523 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.301 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.60 degrees. |
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