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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 Elliottsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Elliottsville 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 Elliottsville:
- 45.416714, -69.382828
- 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 Elliottsville
- 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 Piscataquis County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Piscataquis County
- Since Elliottsville is near Penobscot County and also Somerset 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 Somerset 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 Elliottsville
Communities Also Named Elliottsville ...
We found two communities that are also named Elliottsville.
Within Maine, the name Elliottsville is unique.
Beyond Maine, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ohio
- Jefferson 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 Ohio community of Elliottsville [Jefferson County].
- Pennsylvania
- Fayette County
- This Elliottsville is located in Fayette County and lies 649 miles [1,044.5 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Elliottsville that is located in Piscataquis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Elliottsville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Elliottsville ...
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.
- Beaver Cove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver Cove is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Cove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Bodfish
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bodfish is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodfish
- Greenville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Greenville Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lower Shirley Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Shirley Corner is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Shirley Corner
- Moosehorn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Moosehorn is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moosehorn
- Packard Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Packard Landing is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packard Landing
- Parrot
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Parrot is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrot
- Parson Landing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Parson Landing is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parson Landing
How Far From Elliottsville to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Elliottsville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Elliottsville and extending to:
- Dover - Foxcroft, which is the Seat of Piscataquis County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Elliottsville to Dover - Foxcroft, with an average speed<4> 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 five to six hours.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 78 miles [125.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 596 miles [959.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,318 miles [8,558.5 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 6,035 miles [9,712.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,911 miles [6,294.1 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Elliottsville 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Elliottsville) 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 Elliottsville 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 Elliottsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.4167, Longitude: -69.3828 In this case, the coordinates for Elliottsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.422 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.36 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.109 degrees. |
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