Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Morkill:
  • 45.426435, -69.497552
  • 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 Morkill

• 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 Morkill is near Somerset County and also Penobscot County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Somerset County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Penobscot 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 Morkill

Curious and Interesting Names Near Morkill ...

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.

• Beaver Cove
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Beaver Cove is located in Piscataquis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Cove
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
• Bodfish
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Bodfish is located in Piscataquis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodfish
• Elliottsville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Elliottsville is located in Piscataquis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottsville
• Greenville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Greenville is located in Piscataquis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,628 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenville <1>
• Greenville Junction
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Greenville Junction is located in Piscataquis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville Junction
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenville Junction <1>
• Lower Shirley Corner
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Lower Shirley Corner is located in Piscataquis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Shirley Corner
• Moose Brook
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Moose Brook is located in Piscataquis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moose Brook
• Packard Landing
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Packard Landing is located in Piscataquis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packard Landing
• Parrot
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Parrot is located in Piscataquis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrot

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

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

• Dover - Foxcroft, which is the Seat of Piscataquis County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Morkill to Dover - Foxcroft, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
• Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 78 miles [125.5 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 592 miles [952.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,323 miles [8,566.5 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 6,040 miles [9,720.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,915 miles [6,300.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'