Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Dresden 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 Dresden Mills:
  • 44.107296, -69.724211
  • 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 Dresden 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 Lincoln County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
  • Since Dresden Mills is near Sagadahoc County and also Kennebec County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Sagadahoc 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 Dresden Mills

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dresden 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.

• Cedar Grove
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Cedar Grove is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
• Days Ferry
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Days Ferry is located in Sagadahoc County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days Ferry
• Hatchs Corner
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Hatchs Corner is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchs Corner
• Head Tide
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Head Tide is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head Tide
• Iceboro
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Iceboro is located in Sagadahoc County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iceboro
• Libby Hill
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Libby Hill is located in Kennebec County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libby Hill
• Randolph
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Randolph is located in Kennebec County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,710 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Randolph <1>
• Ring Hill
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Ring Hill is located in Kennebec County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ring Hill
• Spears Corner
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Spears Corner is located in Kennebec County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spears Corner

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Dresden Mills and extending to:

• Wiscasset, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies just to the South Southeast.
• Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Dresden Mills to Augusta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 521 miles [838.5 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 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,381 miles [8,659.9 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 6,093 miles [9,805.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,969 miles [6,387.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'