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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 Bald Mountain, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bald Mountain 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 Bald Mountain:
    • 44.954776, -70.790625
    • 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 Bald Mountain
  • 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 Oxford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Oxford County
    • Since Bald Mountain is near Franklin County and also Coos County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Coos 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 Bald Mountain

Communities Also Named Bald Mountain ...

We found three communities that are also named Bald Mountain.

Within Maine, the name Bald Mountain is unique.

Beyond Maine, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Michigan
      • Oakland 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 Michigan community of Bald Mountain [Oakland County].
    • New York
      • Washington County
      • This Bald Mountain is located in Washington County and lies 185 miles [297.7 km]<2> to the southwest of the Bald Mountain that is located in Oxford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Bald Mountain.
    • North Carolina
      • Yancey County
      • This Bald Mountain is located in Yancey County and lies 871 miles [1,401.7 km]<2> to the southwest of the Bald Mountain that is located in Oxford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yancey County community of Bald Mountain.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bald Mountain ...

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.

  • Dead River ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Dead River is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dead River
  • Lincoln Plantation
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Lincoln Plantation is located in Oxford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Plantation
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
  • Loon Lake
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Loon Lake is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loon Lake
  • Macy
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Macy is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macy
  • Mingo Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Mingo Springs is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingo Springs
  • Mountainview
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Mountainview is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainview
  • Pleasant Island
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pleasant Island is located in Oxford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Island
  • Ten Degree
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Ten Degree is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ten Degree
  • Upper Dam
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Upper Dam is located in Oxford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Dam

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

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

  • South Paris, which is the Seat of Oxford County, lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Bald Mountain to South Paris, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 66 miles [106.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 526 miles [846.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,393 miles [8,679.2 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 6,111 miles [9,834.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,986 miles [6,414.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Bald Mountain 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bald Mountain) 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 Bald Mountain 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 Bald Mountain. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9548, Longitude: -70.7906       In this case, the coordinates for Bald Mountain have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.388 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.356 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.063 degrees.