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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 Blue Point, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blue Point 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 Blue Point:
- 43.552306, -70.356438
- 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 Blue Point
- 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 Cumberland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
- Since Blue Point is near York County and also Sagadahoc County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for York County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sagadahoc 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 Blue Point
Communities Also Named Blue Point ...
We found four communities that are also named Blue Point.
Within Maine, the name Blue Point is unique.
Beyond Maine, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Effingham County
- This Blue Point is located in Effingham County and lies 997 miles [1,604.5 km]<1> to the west of the Blue Point that is located in Cumberland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Effingham County community of Blue Point.
- Wayne County
- This Blue Point is located in Wayne County and lies 1,003 miles [1,614.2 km] to the west southwest of the Blue Point that is located in Cumberland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Blue Point.
- New York
- Suffolk County
- This Blue Point is located in Suffolk County and lies 237 miles [381.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Blue Point that is located in Cumberland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Blue Point.
- Ontario
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Blue Point.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blue Point ...
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.
- Crocketts Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Crocketts Corner is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crocketts Corner
- Danish Village ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Danish Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danish Village
- Ferry Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ferry Beach is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Beach
- Grand Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Grand Beach is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Beach
- Lone Creek Village ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lone Creek Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Creek Village
- Ocean Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pine Point
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pine Point is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Point
- Pine Point Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pine Point Beach is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Point Beach
- Sunset Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sunset Park is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Park
- Surfside
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Surfside is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surfside
- Town Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Town Landing is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Landing
How Far From Blue Point 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 Blue Point to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Blue Point and extending to:
- Portland, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Blue Point to Portland, 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 59 miles [95 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 472 miles [759.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,428 miles [8,735.5 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 6,139 miles [9,879.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,015 miles [6,461.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Blue Point) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Blue Point 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. |
| <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 Blue Point 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 Blue Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.5523, Longitude: -70.3564 In this case, the coordinates for Blue Point have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.361 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.084 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.621 degrees. |
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