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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 Windsorville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Windsorville 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 Windsorville:
    • 44.299516, -69.551154
    • 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 Windsorville
  • 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 Kennebec County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kennebec County
    • Since Windsorville is near Lincoln County and also Knox 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 Knox 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 Windsorville

Communities Also Named Windsorville ...

We found one communities that are also named Windsorville.

Within Maine, the name Windsorville is unique.

Beyond Maine, there is another community also named Windsorville in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Connecticut
      • Hartford County
      • This Windsorville is located in Hartford County and lies 224 miles [360.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Windsorville that is located in Kennebec County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hartford County community of Windsorville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Windsorville ...

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
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Flanders Corner is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flanders Corner
  • Globe
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Globe is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
  • Halls Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Halls Corner is located in Kennebec County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Corner
  • Jones Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jones Corner is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Corner
  • Kennedy Corner
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Kennedy Corner is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Corner
  • Lucas Corner
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Lucas Corner is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas Corner
  • Randolph
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Razorville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Razorville is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Razorville
  • Sandhill Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Sandhill Corner is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandhill Corner

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

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

  • Augusta, which is the Seat of Kennebec County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Windsorville to Augusta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 11 miles [17.7 km] to the west (W). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 536 miles [862.6 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 5,367 miles [8,637.3 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 6,079 miles [9,783.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,955 miles [6,365 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

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- Windsorville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Windsorville 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 Windsorville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.2995, Longitude: -69.5512       In this case, the coordinates for Windsorville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.737 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.515 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.829 degrees.