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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 Skillings Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Skillings Corner 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 Skillings Corner:
- 44.198960, -70.273389
- 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 Skillings 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 Androscoggin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Androscoggin County
- Since Skillings Corner is near Oxford County and also Kennebec County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oxford County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Skillings Corner
Curious and Interesting Names Near Skillings 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.
- Chase Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Chase Mills is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Mills
- Foggs Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Foggs Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foggs Corner
- Greene
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Greene Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Greene Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene Corner
- Hebron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Littlefield Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Littlefield Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlefield Corner
- Mechanic Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Paine Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Paine Corner is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paine Corner
- Pratt Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pratt Corner is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corner
- Stevens Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Stevens Mill is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Mill
How Far From Skillings 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 Skillings 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 Skillings Corner and extending to:
- Auburn, which is the Seat of Androscoggin County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Skillings Corner to Augusta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 505 miles [812.7 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 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,400 miles [8,690.5 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 6,114 miles [9,839.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,989 miles [6,419.7 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Skillings 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 Skillings 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 Skillings Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.1990, Longitude: -70.2734 In this case, the coordinates for Skillings Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.199 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.015 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.229 degrees. |
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