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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 Holden, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Holden 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 Holden:
- 44.737572, -68.633087
- 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 Holden
- 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 East Holden is near Hancock County and also Waldo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Waldo 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 Holden
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Holden ...
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.
- Brewer
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cold Brook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cold Brook is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Brook
- Elliot Landing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elliot Landing is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot Landing
- Five Mile Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Five Mile Corners is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Mile Corners
- Great Works
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Great Works is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Works
- Green Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Green Lake is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
- Hardy Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hardy Hill is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy Hill
- Mariaville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mariaville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariaville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- Sand Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sand Beach is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Beach
- Six Mile Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Six Mile Falls is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Mile Falls
- Snow Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Snow Corner is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Corner
- Stillwater
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Stillwater is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
- Winterport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Winterport Station
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Winterport Station is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterport Station
How Far From East Holden 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 East Holden to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in East Holden and extending to:
- Bangor, which is the Seat of Penobscot County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 63 miles [101.4 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from East Holden to Augusta, 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.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 590 miles [949.5 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 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,312 miles [8,548.8 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 6,025 miles [9,696.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,901 miles [6,278.1 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- East Holden) 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 East Holden 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 Holden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7376, Longitude: -68.6331 In this case, the coordinates for East Holden have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.089 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 297.869 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.138 degrees. |
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