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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 Wattons Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wattons Mill 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 Wattons Mill:
- 44.173134, -69.233933
- 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 Wattons Mill
- 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 Knox County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Knox County
- Since Wattons Mill is near Lincoln County and also Waldo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Waldo 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 Wattons Mill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wattons Mill ...
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.
- Flanders Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Flanders Corner is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flanders Corner
- Glen Cove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Glen Cove is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Cove
- Globe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Globe is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Grants Turn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Grants Turn is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grants Turn
- Gushees Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Gushees Corner is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gushees Corner
- Hope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lake City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lake City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Rockland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rockport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rockville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rockville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Union
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Wattons Mill 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 Wattons Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wattons Mill and extending to:
- Rockland, which is the Seat of Knox County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Wattons Mill 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 just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 542 miles [872.3 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 31 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,358 miles [8,622.9 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 6,070 miles [9,768.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,945 miles [6,348.9 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wattons Mill) 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 Wattons Mill 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 Wattons Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.1731, Longitude: -69.2339 In this case, the coordinates for Wattons Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.566 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.302 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.75 degrees. |
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