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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 Sebago, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Sebago 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 Sebago:
- 43.855353, -70.639503
- 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 Sebago
- 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 East Sebago is near Oxford County and also York 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 York 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 Sebago
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Sebago ...
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.
- Cornish
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dog Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dog Corner is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Corner
- Gates Hill ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Gates Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates Hill
- Great Falls ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Great Falls is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Falls
- Long Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Long Beach is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Beach
- Naples
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pike Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pike Corner is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Corner
- Raymond
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Richville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Richville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Ruin Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ruin Corner is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruin Corner
- Steep Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Two Trails
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Two Trails is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Trails
How Far From East Sebago 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 Sebago 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 Sebago and extending to:
- Portland, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from East Sebago to Portland, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 52 miles [83.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 476 miles [766 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,429 miles [8,737.1 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 6,141 miles [9,883 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,017 miles [6,464.7 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 Sebago) 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 Sebago 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 Sebago. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.8554, Longitude: -70.6395 In this case, the coordinates for East Sebago have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.483 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.273 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.59 degrees. |
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