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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 Fairfield Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fairfield 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 Fairfield Center:
- 44.606176, -69.662825
- 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 Fairfield 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 Somerset County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Somerset County
- Since Fairfield Center is near Kennebec County and also Waldo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kennebec County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Waldo 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 Fairfield Center
Communities Also Named Fairfield Center ...
We found two communities that are also named Fairfield Center.
Within Maine, the name Fairfield Center is unique.
Beyond Maine, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- DeKalb County
- This Fairfield Center is located in DeKalb County and lies 808 miles [1,300.3 km]<1> to the west of the Fairfield Center that is located in Somerset County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Fairfield Center.
- Pennsylvania
- Lycoming County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Fairfield Center [Lycoming County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fairfield 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.
- China
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cornville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Cornville is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,389 people
- Decker Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Decker Corner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker Corner
- Dodge Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Dodge Corner is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge Corner
- Lambs Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lambs Corner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambs Corner
- Martin Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Martin Corner is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Corner
- Paines Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Paines Corner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paines Corner
- Rome Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Rome Corner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome Corner
- Sandy River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy River is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy River
- Summerhaven
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Summerhaven is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerhaven
- Unity
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Wings Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wings Mills is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wings Mills
How Far From Fairfield Center 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 Fairfield Center to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fairfield Center and extending to:
- Skowhegan, which is the Seat of Somerset County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Fairfield Center to Skowhegan, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 21 miles [33.8 km] to the south southwest (SSW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 546 miles [878.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,360 miles [8,626.1 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 6,074 miles [9,775.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,949 miles [6,355.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Fairfield Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Fairfield 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. |
| <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 Fairfield 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 Fairfield Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6062, Longitude: -69.6628 In this case, the coordinates for Fairfield Center have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.75 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.583 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.71 degrees. |
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