Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Woodmans Mills:
  • 44.365630, -69.253098
  • 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 Woodmans 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 Waldo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Waldo County
  • Since Woodmans Mills is near Knox County and also Lincoln 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 Lincoln 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 Woodmans Mills

Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodmans 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.

• Gushees Corner
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Gushees Corner is located in Knox County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gushees Corner
• Jones Corner
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Jones Corner is located in Waldo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Corner
• Knights Corner
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Knights Corner is located in Waldo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knights Corner
• Liberty
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Liberty is located in Waldo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 977 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Liberty <1>
• Lucas Corner
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Lucas Corner is located in Knox County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas Corner
• Martins Corner
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Martins Corner is located in Knox County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Corner
• Pauls Corner
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Pauls Corner is located in Waldo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pauls Corner
• Polands Corner
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Polands Corner is located in Waldo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polands Corner
• Sawpit Corner
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Sawpit Corner is located in Knox County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawpit Corner
• Slab City
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Slab City is located in Waldo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City

How Far From Woodmans Mills 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 Woodmans 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 Woodmans Mills and extending to:

• Belfast, which is the Seat of Waldo County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Woodmans Mills to Belfast, 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 26 miles [41.8 km] to the west (W). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 550 miles [885.1 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 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,352 miles [8,613.2 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 6,064 miles [9,759.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,940 miles [6,340.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'