Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Montville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Montville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Montville
- 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 Montville:
- 44.437295, -69.280320
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Montville
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Waldo County
- Since Montville is near Knox County and also Kennebec County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Knox County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Montville ...
We found six communities that share the name Montville.
Within Maine, the name Montville is unique.
Beyond Maine, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Massachusetts
- New Jersey
- New York
- Ohio
Curious and Interesting Names Near Montville ...
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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butlers Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butlers Corner
- Butlers Corner is located in Waldo County
- Evans Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evans Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Corner
- Evans Corner is located in Waldo County
- Farwells Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farwells Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farwells Corner
- Farwells Corner is located in Waldo County
- Freedom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freedom have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Freedom is located in Waldo County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 732 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Freedom <4>
- Gregorys Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gregorys Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregorys Corner
- Gregorys Corner is located in Waldo County
- Jones Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jones Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Corner
- Jones Corner is located in Waldo County
- Knights Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knights Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knights Corner
- Knights Corner is located in Waldo County
- Liberty
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Liberty is located in Waldo County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 977 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Liberty <4>
- Martins Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martins Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Corner
- Martins Corner is located in Knox County
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- Neals Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Neals Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neals Corner
- Neals Corner is located in Waldo County
- Pauls Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pauls Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pauls Corner
- Pauls Corner is located in Waldo County
- Polands Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Polands Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polands Corner
- Polands Corner is located in Waldo County
- Poors Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poors Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poors Mill
- Poors Mill is located in Waldo County
- Sawpit Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sawpit Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawpit Corner
- Sawpit Corner is located in Knox County
- Slab City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Neals Corner
How Far From Montville to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Montville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Montville and extending to:
- Belfast, which is the Seat of Waldo County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Montville to Belfast, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 26 miles [41.8 km] to the west southwest (WSW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 553 miles [890 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,350 miles [8,610 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 6,063 miles [9,757.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,938 miles [6,337.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Montville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Maine: https://www.maine.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Montville 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. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Montville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Montville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.4373, Longitude: -69.2803 In this case, the coordinates for Montville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Montville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.545 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.325 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.622 degrees. |