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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 White Oak Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to White Oak 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 White Oak Corner:
- 44.155356, -69.289767
- 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 White Oak 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 Knox County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Knox County
- Since White Oak Corner 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 White Oak Corner
Curious and Interesting Names Near White Oak 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.
- East Friendship
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- East Friendship is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Friendship
- Flanders Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Flanders Corner is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flanders Corner
- Glen Cove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Glen Cove is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Cove
- Globe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Globe is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Grants Turn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Grants Turn is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grants Turn
- Gushees Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Gushees Corner is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gushees Corner
- Hope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kennedy Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Kennedy Corner is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Corner
- Lucas Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lucas Corner is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas Corner
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Razorville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Razorville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Razorville
- Rockland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rockport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rockville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rockville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Sawpit Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sawpit Corner is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawpit Corner
- Union
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
How Far From White Oak 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 White Oak 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 White Oak Corner and extending to:
- Rockland, which is the Seat of Knox County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from White Oak Corner to Rockland, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 26 miles [41.8 km] to the west northwest (WNW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 540 miles [869 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 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,361 miles [8,627.7 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 6,073 miles [9,773.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,948 miles [6,353.7 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 '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- White Oak 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 White Oak 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 White Oak Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.1554, Longitude: -69.2898 In this case, the coordinates for White Oak Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.604 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.341 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.786 degrees. |
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