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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 Limerick Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Limerick Mills 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 Limerick Mills:
- 43.695911, -70.788116
- 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 Limerick 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 York County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for York County
- Since Limerick Mills is near Cumberland County and also Oxford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oxford 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 Limerick Mills
Curious and Interesting Names Near Limerick 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.
- Bonny Eagle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bonny Eagle is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonny Eagle
- Cornish
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lake Arrowhead
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Arrowhead is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Arrowhead
- Limerick
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Maplewood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Maplewood is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Mee Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mee Corners is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mee Corners
- Parsonsfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Perrys Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Perrys Corner is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Corner
- Ruin Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ruin Corner is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruin Corner
- Shady Nook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Shady Nook is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Nook
- Steep Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Limerick Mills 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 Limerick 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 Limerick Mills and extending to:
- Alfred, which is the Seat of York County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Limerick Mills to Alfred, 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.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 65 miles [104.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 463 miles [745.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,441 miles [8,756.4 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 6,153 miles [9,902.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,029 miles [6,484 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Limerick Mills) 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 Limerick Mills 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 Limerick Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6959, Longitude: -70.7881 In this case, the coordinates for Limerick Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.60 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.377 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.746 degrees. |
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