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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 Island Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dog Island Corner 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 Island Corner:
- 44.401465, -69.031424
- 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 Island Corner
- 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 Dog Island Corner is near Knox County and also Hancock 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 Hancock 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 Island Corner
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dog Island Corner ...
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
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Butlers Corner is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butlers Corner
- Greenlaws Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Greenlaws Corner is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlaws Corner
- Halls Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Halls Corner is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Corner
- Hayford Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hayford Corner is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayford Corner
- Heals Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Heals Corner is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heals Corner
- Neals Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Neals Corner is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neals Corner
- Poors Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Poors Mill is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poors Mill
- Temple Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Temple Heights is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Heights
- Townhouse Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Townhouse Corner is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townhouse Corner
- Waldo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Waldo is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 872 people
How Far From Dog Island Corner to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs 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 Island Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Dog Island Corner and extending to:
- Belfast, which is the Seat of Waldo County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Dog Island Corner to Augusta, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 560 miles [901.2 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,341 miles [8,595.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,053 miles [9,741.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,929 miles [6,323.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Dog Island Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Island Corner 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 Island Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.4015, Longitude: -69.0314 In this case, the coordinates for Dog Island Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.399 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.155 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.523 degrees. |
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