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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 Jones Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jones Mill and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Jones Mill:
    • 47.100593, -68.847266
    • 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 Jones 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 Jones Mill

Communities Also Named Jones Mill ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Jones Mill.

Within Maine, the name Jones Mill is unique.

Beyond Maine, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Chambers County
      • This Jones Mill is located in Chambers County and lies 1,322 miles [2,127.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Jones Mill that is located in Aroostook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chambers County community of Jones Mill.
    • Arkansas
      • Hot Spring County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Jones Mill [Hot Spring County].
      • Lafayette County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Jones Mill [Lafayette County].
    • Georgia
      • Fannin County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Jones Mill [Fannin County].
      • Gilmer County
      • This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Jones Mill [Gilmer County].
    • Kentucky
      • Clinton County
      • This Jones Mill is located in Clinton County and lies 1,099 miles [1,768.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Jones Mill that is located in Aroostook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Jones Mill.
    • Mississippi
      • Harrison County
      • This Jones Mill is located in Harrison County and lies 1,581 miles [2,544.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Jones Mill that is located in Aroostook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Jones Mill.
    • New Jersey
      • Burlington County
      • This Jones Mill is located in Burlington County and lies 578 miles [930.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Jones Mill that is located in Aroostook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burlington County community of Jones Mill.
      • Cumberland County
      • This Jones Mill is located in Cumberland County and lies 618 miles [994.6 km] to the south southwest of the Jones Mill that is located in Aroostook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Jones Mill.
    • North Carolina
      • Cherokee County
      • This Jones Mill is located in Cherokee County and lies 1,135 miles [1,826.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Jones Mill that is located in Aroostook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Jones Mill.
    • Tennessee
      • Henry County
      • This Jones Mill is located in Henry County and lies 1,243 miles [2,000.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Jones Mill that is located in Aroostook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Jones Mill.
    • Virginia
      • Pittsylvania County
      • This Jones Mill is located in Pittsylvania County and lies 896 miles [1,442 km]<1> to the southwest of the Jones Mill that is located in Aroostook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pittsylvania County community of Jones Mill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Jones 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.

  • Boat Landing Camp
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Boat Landing Camp is located in Aroostook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boat Landing Camp
  • Boundary
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boundary
  • Burnt Mill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Burnt Mill is located in Aroostook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Mill
  • Cross Rock
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Cross Rock is located in Aroostook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Rock
  • Dickey
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Dickey is located in Aroostook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickey
  • Eagle Lake
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • High Landing
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • High Landing is located in Aroostook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Landing
  • Michigan Settlement
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Michigan Settlement is located in Aroostook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Settlement
  • Soldier Pond
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Winterville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Winterville is located in Aroostook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterville

How Far From Jones Mill 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 Jones Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Jones Mill and extending to:

  • Houlton, which is the Seat of Aroostook County, lies 82 miles [132 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could drive a straight line from Jones Mill to Houlton, with an average speed<5>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 197 miles [317 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 700 miles [1,126.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,235 miles [8,424.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,958 miles [9,588.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,834 miles [6,170.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Jones Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Jones Mill could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Jones Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Jones 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 Jones Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.1006, Longitude: -68.8473       In this case, the coordinates for Jones Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 301.738 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 297.901 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 296.832 degrees.