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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 Wilsons Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wilsons Mills 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 Wilsons Mills:
    • 44.940734, -71.033742
    • 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 Wilsons Mills
  • 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

Communities Also Named Wilsons Mills ...

We found five communities that share the name Wilsons Mills.

Within Maine, the name Wilsons Mills is unique.

Beyond Maine, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Missouri
      • Crawford County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Crawford County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Wilsons Mills.
    • North Carolina
      • Johnston County
      • This Wilsons Mills is located in Johnston County and lies 751 miles [1,208.6 km]<2> to the southwest of the Wilsons Mills that is located in Oxford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnston County community of Wilsons Mills.
    • Ohio
      • Cuyahoga County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Wilsons Mills [Cuyahoga County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Crawford County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Wilsons Mills [Crawford County].
    • West Virginia
      • Grant County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Wilsons Mills [Grant County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wilsons Mills ...

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.

  • Clarksville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarksville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
    • Clarksville is located in Coos County (NH)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
  • Errol
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Errol
    • Errol is located in Coos County (NH)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Errol <5>
  • Lincoln Plantation
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Plantation have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Plantation
    • Lincoln Plantation is located in Oxford County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
  • Macy
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Macy have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macy
    • Macy is located in Franklin County
  • Middle Dam
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middle Dam have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Dam
    • Middle Dam is located in Oxford County
  • Mingo Springs
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mingo Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingo Springs
    • Mingo Springs is located in Franklin County
  • Mountainview
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainview
    • Mountainview is located in Franklin County
  • Pleasant Island
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Island have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Island
    • Pleasant Island is located in Oxford County
  • Upper Dam
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Dam
    • Upper Dam is located in Oxford County

How Far From Wilsons Mills 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 Wilsons Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wilsons Mills and extending to:

  • South Paris, which is the Seat of Oxford County, lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Wilsons Mills to South Paris, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 75 miles [120.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 518 miles [833.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,404 miles [8,696.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,122 miles [9,852.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,997 miles [6,432.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

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

The official website for Oxford County: www.oxfordcounty.org/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Wilsons Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wilsons Mills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wilsons Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9407, Longitude: -71.0337       In this case, the coordinates for Wilsons Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Wilsons Mills could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<4>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Wilsons Mills to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.542 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.526 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.19 degrees.




 

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