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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 Daigle Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Daigle Mill 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 Daigle Mill:
- 47.236430, -68.124200
- 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 Daigle Mill
- 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 Aroostook County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Aroostook 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 Daigle Mill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Daigle Mill ...
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.
- Burnt Landing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Burnt Landing is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Landing
- California
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- California is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California
- Frenchville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Grand Isle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Grand River
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Green River
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Martin Siding
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Parent
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Parent is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parent
- Prime
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prime
How Far From Daigle Mill 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 Daigle Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Daigle Mill and extending to:
- Houlton, which is the Seat of Aroostook County, lies 77 miles [123.9 km]<2> to the south. If you could drive a straight line from Daigle Mill to Houlton, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 217 miles [349.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 729 miles [1,173.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,201 miles [8,370.2 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 5,924 miles [9,533.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,800 miles [6,115.5 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Daigle Mill) 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 Daigle Mill 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 Daigle Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.2364, Longitude: -68.1242 In this case, the coordinates for Daigle Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 301.244 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 297.378 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 296.37 degrees. |
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