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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 Winslows Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Winslows Mills 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 Winslows Mills:
- 44.120356, -69.409768
- 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 Winslows Mills
- 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 Lincoln County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
- Since Winslows Mills is near Knox County and also Kennebec County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Knox County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kennebec 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 Winslows Mills
Curious and Interesting Names Near Winslows 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.
- East Friendship
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- East Friendship is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Friendship
- Flanders Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Flanders Corner is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flanders Corner
- Friendship
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Globe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Globe is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Head Tide
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Head Tide is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head Tide
- Jones Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jones Corner is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Corner
- Kennedy Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Kennedy Corner is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Corner
- Lucas Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lucas Corner is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas Corner
- Martin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Martin is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Razorville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Razorville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Razorville
- Union
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Winslows Mills 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 Winslows Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Winslows Mills and extending to:
- Wiscasset, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Winslows Mills to Wiscasset, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 533 miles [857.8 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 5,368 miles [8,639 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Winslows Mills) 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 Winslows Mills 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 Winslows Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.1204, Longitude: -69.4098 In this case, the coordinates for Winslows Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.683 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.424 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.863 degrees. |
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