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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 Broad Cove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Broad Cove 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 Broad Cove:
    • 44.037858, -69.414770
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Broad Cove
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Broad Cove ...

We found three communities that share the name Broad Cove.

There is one other community in Maine which is also named Broad Cove.

Beyond Maine, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other eight communities are located in  Canada.

  • Communities Located In Maine ...
    • Cumberland 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 Maine community of Broad Cove [Cumberland County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Broad Cove.
    • Nova Scotia
      • 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 Nova Scotia community of Broad Cove.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Broad Cove ...

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.

  • Chamberlain
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • East Friendship
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Friendship have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Friendship
    • East Friendship is located in Knox County
  • Flanders Corner
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flanders Corner
    • Flanders Corner is located in Lincoln County
  • Friendship
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendship have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
    • Friendship is located in Knox County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,143 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Friendship <3>
  • Head Tide
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Head Tide have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head Tide
    • Head Tide is located in Lincoln County
  • Kennedy Corner
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kennedy Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Corner
    • Kennedy Corner is located in Knox County
  • Loudville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudville
    • Loudville is located in Lincoln County
  • Martin
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martin have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
    • Martin is located in Knox County
  • Martinsville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
    • Martinsville is located in Knox County
  • New Harbor
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harbor
    • New Harbor is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Harbor <3>
  • Pleasant Point
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Point
    • Pleasant Point is located in Knox County
  • Pools Landing
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pools Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pools Landing
    • Pools Landing is located in Lincoln County
  • Round Pond
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Round Pond have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Pond
    • Round Pond is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Round Pond <3>
  • Tenants Harbor
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)

How Far From Broad Cove to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Broad Cove to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<5> beginning in Broad Cove and extending to:

  • Wiscasset, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<5> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Broad Cove to Wiscasset, with an average speed<6> 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 northwest (NW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 530 miles [853 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 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,371 miles [8,643.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,082 miles [9,788 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,958 miles [6,369.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Broad Cove. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Lincoln County: www.co.lincoln.me.us/

The official website for State of Maine: https://www.maine.gov/

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 Broad Cove 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Broad Cove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>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- Broad Cove) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Broad Cove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.0379, Longitude: -69.4148       In this case, the coordinates for Broad Cove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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.
<7>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 Broad Cove to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.702 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.43 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.912 degrees.




 

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