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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 Ashdale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ashdale 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 Ashdale:
- 43.767584, -69.838935
- 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 Ashdale
- 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 Sagadahoc County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sagadahoc County
- Since Ashdale is near Cumberland County and also Lincoln County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland 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 Ashdale
Communities Also Named Ashdale ...
We found six communities that are also named Ashdale.
Within Maine, the name Ashdale is unique.
Beyond Maine, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, four are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Carroll County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Ashdale [Carroll County].
- Nova Scotia
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Ohio
- Clermont County
- This Ashdale is located in Clermont County and lies 804 miles [1,293.9 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Ashdale that is located in Sagadahoc County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clermont County community of Ashdale.
- Ontario
- This Ashdale lies 307 miles [494.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Ashdale that is located in Sagadahoc County.
- Oregon
- Clackamas County
- This Ashdale is located in Clackamas County and lies 2,551 miles [4,105.4 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Ashdale that is located in Sagadahoc County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clackamas County community of Ashdale.
- South Carolina
- Beaufort County
- This Ashdale is located in Beaufort County and lies 974 miles [1,567.5 km]<2> to the southwest of the Ashdale that is located in Sagadahoc County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Ashdale.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ashdale ...
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.
- Dyer Cove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dyer Cove is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer Cove
- Five Islands
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Five Islands is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Islands
- Georgetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Harpswell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Harpswell Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Harpswell Center is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpswell Center
- Meadowbrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Meadowbrook is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Popham Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Popham Beach is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popham Beach
- Robinhood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Robinhood is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinhood
- Small Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Small Point Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Small Point Beach is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Small Point Beach
How Far From Ashdale 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 Ashdale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ashdale and extending to:
- Bath, which is the Seat of Sagadahoc County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Ashdale to Bath, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 37 miles [59.5 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 501 miles [806.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,399 miles [8,688.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,109 miles [9,831.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,985 miles [6,413.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Ashdale 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. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ashdale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Ashdale 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 Ashdale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.7676, Longitude: -69.8389 In this case, the coordinates for Ashdale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.009 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.727 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.261 degrees. |
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