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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 Cousins Island, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cousins Island 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 Cousins Island:
- 43.758970, -70.143659
- 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 Cousins Island
- 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 Cousins Island is near Sagadahoc County and also Androscoggin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sagadahoc 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 Cousins Island
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cousins Island ...
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.
- Central Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Central Landing is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Landing
- Jenks Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jenks Landing is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenks Landing
- Littlejohn Island
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Littlejohn Island is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlejohn Island
- Long Island
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mariner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mariner is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariner
- Royal Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Royal Junction is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Junction
- Sodom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sodom is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
- Sunset Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sunset Landing is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Landing
- Todds Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Todds Corners is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds Corners
How Far From Cousins Island 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 Cousins Island to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cousins Island and extending to:
- Portland, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 42 miles [67.6 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Cousins Island to Augusta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 489 miles [787 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 28 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,412 miles [8,709.8 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 6,123 miles [9,854 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,999 miles [6,435.8 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 '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- Cousins Island) 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 Cousins Island 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 Cousins Island. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.7590, Longitude: -70.1437 In this case, the coordinates for Cousins Island have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.196 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.935 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.409 degrees. |
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