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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 Dog Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dog Corners 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 Dog Corners:
- 44.788406, -68.200293
- 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 Dog Corners
- 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 Hancock County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock County
- Since Dog Corners is near Washington County and also Penobscot County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Penobscot 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 Dog Corners
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dog Corners ...
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.
- Aurora
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cherryfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Egypt
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Egypt is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Franklin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Great Pond
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Great Pond is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Pond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Green Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Green Lake is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
- Mariaville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mariaville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariaville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- Steep Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Steep Landing is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steep Landing
- Unionville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Unionville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
How Far From Dog Corners 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 Dog Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Dog Corners and extending to:
- Ellsworth, which is the Seat of Hancock County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Dog Corners to Ellsworth, with an average speed<3> 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.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 84 miles [135.2 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 609 miles [980.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,292 miles [8,516.6 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 6,005 miles [9,664.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,880 miles [6,244.3 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- Dog Corners) 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 Dog Corners 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 Dog Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7884, Longitude: -68.2003 In this case, the coordinates for Dog Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 301.813 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 297.569 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 297.899 degrees. |
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