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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 Bowdoinham, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bowdoinham 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 Bowdoinham:
- 44.009784, -69.898404
- 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 Bowdoinham
- 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 Bowdoinham 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 Bowdoinham
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bowdoinham ...
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.
- Bath
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Grove is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Cooks Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cooks Corner is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Corner
- Days Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Deep Cut
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Deep Cut is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Cut
- Dyer Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Dyer Corner is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer Corner
- Growstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Growstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Growstown
- Hatchs Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hillside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hillside is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
- Iceboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Iceboro is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iceboro
- Lisbon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Murphys Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ring Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ring Hill is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ring Hill
- Starbird Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Starbird Corner is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starbird Corner
How Far From Bowdoinham 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 Bowdoinham to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bowdoinham and extending to:
- Bath, which is the Seat of Sagadahoc County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Bowdoinham to Augusta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 510 miles [820.8 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 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,392 miles [8,677.6 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 6,104 miles [9,823.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,979 miles [6,403.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Bowdoinham) 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 Bowdoinham 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 Bowdoinham. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.0098, Longitude: -69.8984 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.002 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.761 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.156 degrees. |
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