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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 Easton Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Easton Center 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 Easton Center:
- 46.643931, -67.866690
- 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 Easton Center
- 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 Aroostook County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Aroostook 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 Easton Center
Communities Also Named Easton Center ...
We found two communities that are also named Easton Center.
Within Maine, the name Easton Center is unique.
Beyond Maine, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- Fairfield County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Easton Center [Fairfield County].
- Massachusetts
- Bristol County
- This Easton Center is located in Bristol County and lies 355 miles [571.3 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Easton Center that is located in Aroostook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bristol County community of Easton Center.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Easton Center ...
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.
- Blaine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Clearview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Green Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Green Ridge is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
- Grindstone
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grindstone is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grindstone
- Kings Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kings Grove is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Grove
- Listerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Maple Grove is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Mars Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Maysville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Maysville is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Powers Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Powers Corner is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers Corner
- Stevensville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Stevensville is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevensville
- Tinker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinker
How Far From Easton Center 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 Easton Center to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Easton Center and extending to:
- Houlton, which is the Seat of Aroostook County, lies 35 miles [56.3 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Easton Center to Houlton, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 185 miles [297.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 707 miles [1,137.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,212 miles [8,387.9 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 5,932 miles [9,546.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,807 miles [6,126.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Easton Center 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. |
| <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- Easton Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Easton Center 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 Easton Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.6439, Longitude: -67.8667 In this case, the coordinates for Easton Center have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 301.212 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 297.234 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 296.607 degrees. |
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