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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 East Hebron, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Hebron 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 East Hebron:
- 44.224515, -70.318390
- 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 East Hebron
- 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 Androscoggin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Androscoggin County
- Since East Hebron is near Oxford County and also Cumberland 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 Cumberland 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 East Hebron
Communities Also Named East Hebron ...
We found three communities that are also named East Hebron.
Within Maine, the name East Hebron is unique.
Beyond Maine, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New Hampshire
- Grafton County
- This East Hebron is located in Grafton County and lies 80 miles [128.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the East Hebron that is located in Androscoggin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grafton County community of East Hebron.
- New York
- Washington County
- This East Hebron is located in Washington County and lies 162 miles [260.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the East Hebron that is located in Androscoggin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of East Hebron.
- Pennsylvania
- Potter 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 Pennsylvania community of East Hebron [Potter County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Hebron ...
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.
- Brimstone Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Brimstone Corner is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimstone Corner
- Chase Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chase Mills is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Mills
- Foggs Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Foggs Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foggs Corner
- Greene
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Greene Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Greene Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene Corner
- Hebron
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mechanic Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Paine Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Paine Corner is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paine Corner
- Paris
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Paris is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,162 people
- Pratt Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pratt Corner is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corner
- Skillings Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Skillings Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skillings Corner
- Stevens Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Stevens Mill is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Mill
How Far From East Hebron 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 East Hebron to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in East Hebron and extending to:
- Auburn, which is the Seat of Androscoggin County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from East Hebron to Auburn, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 27 miles [43.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 505 miles [812.7 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 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,401 miles [8,692.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,115 miles [9,841.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,990 miles [6,421.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- East Hebron) 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 East Hebron 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 East Hebron 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 East Hebron. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.2245, Longitude: -70.3184 In this case, the coordinates for East Hebron have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.223 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.045 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.237 degrees. |
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