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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 Pattee Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pattee Corner 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 Pattee Corner:
    • 44.587016, -69.082262
    • 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 Pattee Corner
  • 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:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Waldo County
    • Since Pattee Corner is near Penobscot County and also Hancock County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Penobscot County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock 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 Pattee Corner

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pattee Corner ...

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
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Butlers Corner is located in Waldo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butlers Corner
  • Cooks Corner
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Cooks Corner is located in Waldo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Corner
  • Evans Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Evans Corner is located in Waldo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Corner
  • Farwells Corner
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Farwells Corner is located in Waldo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farwells Corner
  • Freedom
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Greens Corner
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Greens Corner is located in Waldo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Corner
  • Gregorys Corner
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Gregorys Corner is located in Waldo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregorys Corner
  • Hayford Corner
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Hayford Corner is located in Waldo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayford Corner
  • Neals Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Neals Corner is located in Waldo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neals Corner
  • Polands Corner
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Polands Corner is located in Waldo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polands Corner
  • Poors Mill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Poors Mill is located in Waldo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poors Mill
  • Prospect
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
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    • Smarts Corner
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Smarts Corner is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smarts Corner
    • Swanville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Unity
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Waldo
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Waldo is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 872 people
    • Winterport
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Winterport Station
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Winterport Station is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterport Station

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

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

  • Belfast, which is the Seat of Waldo County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pattee Corner to Belfast, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 39 miles [62.8 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 567 miles [912.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,337 miles [8,589.1 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 6,050 miles [9,736.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,925 miles [6,316.7 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pattee Corner) 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 Pattee Corner 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 Pattee Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.5870, Longitude: -69.0823       In this case, the coordinates for Pattee Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.395 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.184 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.441 degrees.