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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 Drew Plantation, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Drew Plantation 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 Drew Plantation:
- 45.626172, -68.125573
- 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 Drew Plantation
- 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 Penobscot County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Penobscot County
- Since Drew Plantation is near Aroostook County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Aroostook County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Drew Plantation
Curious and Interesting Names Near Drew Plantation ...
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.
- Gordon ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gordon is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Irish Settlement
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Irish Settlement is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irish Settlement
- Kingman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Meadowville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Meadowville is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowville
- Reed
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Reed is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
- Reed Plantation
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Reed Plantation is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Silver Ridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Ridge is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Ridge
- Upper Drew
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Upper Drew is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Drew
How Far From Drew Plantation 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 Drew Plantation to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Drew Plantation and extending to:
- Bangor, which is the Seat of Penobscot County, lies 65 miles [104.6 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Drew Plantation to Bangor, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 121 miles [194.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 649 miles [1,044.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,259 miles [8,463.5 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 5,975 miles [9,615.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,850 miles [6,196 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- Drew Plantation) 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 Drew Plantation 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 Drew Plantation. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6262, Longitude: -68.1256 In this case, the coordinates for Drew Plantation have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 301.594 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 297.475 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 297.362 degrees. |
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