Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Brunswick, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brunswick and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Brunswick
- 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 Brunswick:
- 43.914632, -69.964877
- 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 Brunswick
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
- Since Brunswick is near Sagadahoc County and also Androscoggin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Sagadahoc County
- eBird sighting report for Androscoggin 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Brunswick ...
We found 23 communities that share the name Brunswick.
Within Maine, the name Brunswick is unique.
Beyond Maine, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 23 communities, 21 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- This Brunswick lies 2,652 miles [4,268 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Brunswick that is located in Cumberland County.
- Connecticut
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Clay County
- This Brunswick is located in Clay County and lies 942 miles [1,516 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Brunswick that is located in Cumberland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Brunswick.
- Lake County
- This Brunswick is located in Lake County and lies 906 miles [1,458.1 km] to the west of the Brunswick that is located in Cumberland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Brunswick.
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- Carson City
- 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 Nevada community of Brunswick [Carson City].
- Ormsby County
- This community is historic and although located in Ormsby County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ormsby County community of Brunswick.
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- Columbus County
- This Brunswick is located in Columbus County and lies 812 miles [1,306.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Brunswick that is located in Cumberland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbus County community of Brunswick.
- Randolph County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Brunswick [Randolph County].
- Ohio
- Ontario
- This Brunswick lies 427 miles [687.2 km]<1> to the west of the Brunswick that is located in Cumberland County.
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- British Columbia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brunswick ...
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 east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
- Bath is located in Sagadahoc County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,335 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bath <4>
- Cooks Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cooks Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Corner
- Cooks Corner is located in Cumberland County
- Days Ferry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days Ferry
- Days Ferry is located in Sagadahoc County
- Deep Cut
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Dyer Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dyer Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer Corner
- Dyer Corner is located in Cumberland County
- Dyer Cove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Freeport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- Freeport is located in Cumberland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,633 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Freeport <4>
- Growstown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Harpswell Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpswell Center
- Harpswell Center is located in Cumberland County
- Hillside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Mast Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mast Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mast Landing
- Mast Landing is located in Cumberland County
- Meadowbrook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Meadowbrook is located in Sagadahoc County
- Pleasant Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Porter Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Porter Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Landing
- Porter Landing is located in Cumberland County
How Far From Brunswick 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 Brunswick to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Brunswick and extending to:
- Portland, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Brunswick to Portland, with an average speed<6> 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.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 28 miles [45.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 503 miles [809.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,398 miles [8,687.2 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 6,110 miles [9,833.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- 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).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Brunswick: www.brunswickme.org/
The official website for Cumberland County: www.cumberlandcounty.org/
The official website for State of Maine: https://www.maine.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Brunswick) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Brunswick. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9146, Longitude: -69.9649 |
| <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 Brunswick, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Brunswick 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <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 Brunswick 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 303.06 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.809 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.24 degrees. |