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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 Casco, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Casco 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 Casco:
- 44.006739, -70.522836
- 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 Casco
- 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 Casco is near Oxford County and also Androscoggin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oxford County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Casco
Communities Also Named Casco ...
We found six communities that are also named Casco.
Within Maine, the name Casco is unique.
Beyond Maine, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Saint Clair County
- This Casco is located in Saint Clair County and lies 615 miles [989.7 km]<1> to the west of the Casco that is located in Cumberland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Casco.
- Minnesota
- Saint Louis County
- This Casco is located in Saint Louis County and lies 1,090 miles [1,754.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Casco that is located in Cumberland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Casco.
- Missouri
- Franklin County
- 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 Missouri community of Casco [Franklin County].
- Texas
- Dickens County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Dickens County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dickens County community of Casco.
- Virginia
- Hanover County
- This Casco is located in Hanover County and lies 569 miles [915.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Casco that is located in Cumberland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hanover County community of Casco.
- Wisconsin
- Kewaunee County
- This Casco is located in Kewaunee County and lies 844 miles [1,358.3 km]<1> to the west of the Casco that is located in Cumberland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kewaunee County community of Casco.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Casco ...
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.
- Chambers Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Chambers Corner is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Corner
- Crescent Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Crescent Lake is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Lake
- Dunkertown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Dunkertown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkertown
- Five Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Five Corners is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Naples
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pike Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Pike Corner is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Corner
- Poland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Poland Spring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Promised Land
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Promised Land is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promised Land
- Raymond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Scribners Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Scribners Mill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scribners Mill
- Shaker Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Shaker Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- Suckerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Suckerville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suckerville
How Far From Casco 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 Casco to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Casco and extending to:
- Portland, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Casco to Portland, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 42 miles [67.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 487 miles [783.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,418 miles [8,719.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,131 miles [9,866.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,007 miles [6,448.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Casco) 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 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 Casco 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> | 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 Casco, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Casco 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 Casco. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.0067, Longitude: -70.5228 In this case, the coordinates for Casco have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.386 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.19 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.453 degrees. |
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