Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Winterville Plantation, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Winterville Plantation and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Winterville Plantation

• 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 Winterville Plantation:
  • 46.969206, -68.630045
  • 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 Winterville Plantation

• 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 Aroostook County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Aroostook 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 Winterville Plantation

Curious and Interesting Names Near Winterville Plantation ...

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.

• Buffalo
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Buffalo is located in Aroostook County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
• Burnt Landing
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Burnt Landing is located in Aroostook County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Landing
• Burnt Mill
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Burnt Mill is located in Aroostook County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Mill
• Eagle Lake
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Eagle Lake is located in Aroostook County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Lake
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 796 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eagle Lake <1>
• High Landing
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • High Landing is located in Aroostook County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Landing
• Jones Mill
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jones Mill is located in Aroostook County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Mill
• Nixon
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Nixon is located in Aroostook County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
• Portage Lake
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Portage Lake is located in Aroostook County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage Lake
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
• Soldier Pond
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Soldier Pond is located in Aroostook County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldier Pond
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Soldier Pond <1>
• Winterville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Winterville is located in Aroostook County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterville

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Winterville Plantation and extending to:

• Houlton, which is the Seat of Aroostook County, lies 69 miles [111 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Winterville Plantation to Houlton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
• Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 191 miles [307.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 700 miles [1,126.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,231 miles [8,418.5 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 5,953 miles [9,580.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,829 miles [6,162.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'