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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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Pattee Corner
  • 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

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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butlers Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butlers Corner
    • Butlers Corner is located in Waldo County
  • Cooks Corner
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cooks Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Corner
    • Cooks Corner is located in Waldo County
  • Evans Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evans Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Corner
    • Evans Corner is located in Waldo County
  • Farwells Corner
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farwells Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farwells Corner
    • Farwells Corner is located in Waldo County
  • Freedom
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freedom have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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 <2>
  • Greens Corner
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greens Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Corner
    • Greens Corner is located in Waldo County
  • Gregorys Corner
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gregorys Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregorys Corner
    • Gregorys Corner is located in Waldo County
  • Hayford Corner
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hayford Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayford Corner
    • Hayford Corner is located in Waldo County
  • Neals Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Neals Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neals Corner
    • Neals Corner is located in Waldo County
  • Polands Corner
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Polands Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polands Corner
    • Polands Corner is located in Waldo County
  • Poors Mill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poors Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poors Mill
    • Poors Mill is located in Waldo County
  • Prospect
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prospect have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
    • Prospect is located in Waldo County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 750 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prospect <2>
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Smarts Corner
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smarts Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smarts Corner
      • Smarts Corner is located in Waldo County
    • Swanville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swanville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swanville
      • Swanville is located in Waldo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,359 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Swanville <2>
    • Unity
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Unity have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
      • Unity is located in Waldo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,111 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Unity <2>
    • Waldo
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
      • Waldo is located in Waldo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 872 people
    • Winterport
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winterport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterport
      • Winterport is located in Waldo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,028 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winterport <2>
    • Winterport Station
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winterport Station have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterport Station
      • Winterport Station is located in Waldo County

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Pattee Corner and extending to:

  • Belfast, which is the Seat of Waldo County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pattee Corner to Belfast, with an average speed<4> 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<5> 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).<6>
  • 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).<7>
  • 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).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pattee Corner. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Maine: https://www.maine.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pattee Corner) to Point B.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).
<4>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.
<5>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.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.395 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.184 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.441 degrees.









 

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