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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 Thorndike, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Thorndike 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 Thorndike:
- 44.591737, -69.201154
- 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 Thorndike
- 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 Waldo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Waldo County
- Since East Thorndike is near Penobscot County and also Kennebec County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Penobscot County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kennebec 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 Thorndike
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Thorndike ...
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.
- Cooks Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cooks Corner is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Corner
- Dodge Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dodge Corner is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge Corner
- Evans Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Evans Corner is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Corner
- Farwells Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Farwells Corner is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farwells Corner
- Freedom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greens Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Greens Corner is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Corner
- Gregorys Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gregorys Corner is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregorys Corner
- Neals Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Neals Corner is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neals Corner
- Polands Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Polands Corner is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polands Corner
- Smarts Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Smarts Corner is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smarts Corner
- Unity
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
How Far From East Thorndike 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 Thorndike 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 Thorndike and extending to:
- Belfast, which is the Seat of Waldo County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from East Thorndike to Belfast, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 34 miles [54.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 563 miles [906.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,341 miles [8,595.5 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 6,055 miles [9,744.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,930 miles [6,324.7 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- East Thorndike) 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 Thorndike 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 Thorndike. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.5917, Longitude: -69.2012 In this case, the coordinates for East Thorndike have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.468 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.265 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.496 degrees. |
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