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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 Machias, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Machias 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 Machias:
- 44.739244, -67.389990
- 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 Machias
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- 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 East Machias
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Machias ...
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.
- Centerville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Centerville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Chase Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Chase Mills is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Mills
- Dennysville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dog Town
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Dog Town is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town
- Halls Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Halls Mills is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Mills
- Little Machias
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Little Machias is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Machias
- Marion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Marion is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Mud Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mud Landing is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Landing
- Rivers End
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Rivers End is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivers End
- Starboard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Starboard is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starboard
How Far From East Machias 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 East Machias 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 Machias and extending to:
- Machias, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 121 miles [194.7 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from East Machias to Augusta, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 638 miles [1,026.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,260 miles [8,465.1 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 5,971 miles [9,609.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,847 miles [6,191.1 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 '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- East Machias) 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 Machias 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 Machias. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7392, Longitude: -67.3900 In this case, the coordinates for East Machias have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 301.325 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 297.016 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 297.539 degrees. |
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