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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 Forest City Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Forest City Landing and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Forest City Landing:
    • 45.659231, -67.703618
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Forest City Landing
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Forest City Landing ...

We found one communities that share the name Forest City Landing.

There is one other community in Maine which is also named Forest City Landing.

Beyond Maine.

  • Communities Located In Maine ...
    • Cumberland 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 Maine community of Forest City Landing [Cumberland County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Forest City Landing ...

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.

  • Codyville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Codyville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Codyville
    • Codyville is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
    • Codyville has also been known as:
    • Codyville Plantation
  • Eel River Lake
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eel River Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eel River Lake
  • Forest
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
    • Forest is located in Washington County
  • Forest City
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
    • Forest City is located in Washington County
  • Fosterville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fosterville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosterville
  • Graham Corner
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Graham Corner came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Corner
  • Green Mountain
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Mountain came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Mountain
  • Irish Settlement
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Irish Settlement have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irish Settlement
    • Irish Settlement is located in Washington County

How Far From Forest City Landing 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 Forest City Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Forest City Landing and extending to:

  • Machias, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 66 miles [106.2 km]<4> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Forest City Landing to Machias, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 137 miles [220.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 666 miles [1,071.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,240 miles [8,433 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,956 miles [9,585.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,831 miles [6,165.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Forest City Landing. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Maine: https://www.maine.gov/

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 Forest City Landing 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<4>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- Forest City Landing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Forest City Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6592, Longitude: -67.7036       In this case, the coordinates for Forest City Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 Forest City Landing to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 301.324 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 297.18 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 297.132 degrees.




 

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