Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Dover South Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dover South Mills and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Dover South Mills

• 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 Dover South Mills:
  • 45.110851, -69.185680
  • 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 Dover South 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 Piscataquis County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Piscataquis County
  • Since Dover South Mills is near Penobscot County and also Somerset County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Penobscot County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Somerset 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 Dover South Mills

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dover South 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.

• Durbin Corner
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Durbin Corner is located in Penobscot County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin Corner
• Earnest Corner
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Earnest Corner is located in Penobscot County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earnest Corner
• Gordon Corner
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Gordon Corner is located in Penobscot County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Corner
• Hicks Corner
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hicks Corner is located in Penobscot County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Corner
• Howard Corner
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Howard Corner is located in Piscataquis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Corner
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Howard Corner
  • From Dover South Mills to Howard Corner
• Jackman Corner
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Jackman Corner is located in Piscataquis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackman Corner
• Knight Corner
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Knight Corner is located in Penobscot County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knight Corner
• Silvers Mills
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Silvers Mills is located in Penobscot County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvers Mills
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Silvers Mills
  • From Dover South Mills to Silvers Mills
• Starbirds
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Starbirds is located in Piscataquis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starbirds
• Twin Brook
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Twin Brook is located in Penobscot County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Brook

How Far From Dover South Mills 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 Dover South Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Dover South Mills and extending to:

• Dover - Foxcroft, which is the Seat of Piscataquis County, lies just to the North Northwest.
• Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 62 miles [99.8 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Dover South Mills to Augusta, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three 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 587 miles [944.7 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 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,321 miles [8,563.3 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 6,037 miles [9,715.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,912 miles [6,295.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'