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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 Whitlocks Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Whitlocks 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 Whitlocks Mill:
- 45.160908, -67.226935
- 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 Whitlocks 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Whitlocks Mill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Whitlocks 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.
- Burnt Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Edwards Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Five Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Four Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Heathland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maxwell Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Milltown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Milltown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Oak Bay
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Bay
- Red Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Red Beach is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Beach
- Union Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Road
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
How Far From Whitlocks Mill to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Whitlocks Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Whitlocks Mill and extending to:
- Machias, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Whitlocks Mill to Machias, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 138 miles [222.1 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 662 miles [1,065.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,239 miles [8,431.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,951 miles [9,577.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,826 miles [6,157.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Whitlocks Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Whitlocks 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 Whitlocks Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.1609, Longitude: -67.2269 In this case, the coordinates for Whitlocks Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 301.135 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 296.88 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 297.203 degrees. |
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