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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, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Forest City 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 Forest City:
- 45.661736, -67.731747
- 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 Forest City
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Forest City is near Aroostook County and also Penobscot County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Aroostook County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Penobscot 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 Forest City
Communities Also Named Forest City ...
We found nineteen communities that are also named Forest City.
Within Maine, the name Forest City is unique.
Beyond Maine, we know of nineteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nineteen communities, eighteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Orange 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 Florida community of Forest City [Orange County].
- Seminole County
- This Forest City is located in Seminole County and lies 1,390 miles [2,237 km]<2> to the southwest of the Forest City that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Seminole County community of Forest City.
- Illinois
- Mason County
- This Forest City is located in Mason County and lies 1,169 miles [1,881.3 km]<2> to the west of the Forest City that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mason County community of Forest City.
- Indiana
- Jasper County
- This Forest City is located in Jasper County and lies 1,023 miles [1,646.4 km]<2> to the west of the Forest City that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Forest City.
- Iowa
- Howard County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Forest City [Howard County].
- Winnebago County
- This Forest City is located in Winnebago County and lies 1,281 miles [2,061.6 km]<2> to the west of the Forest City that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winnebago County community of Forest City.
- Michigan
- Manistee 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 Michigan community of Forest City [Manistee County].
- Minnesota
- Meeker County
- This Forest City is located in Meeker County and lies 1,289 miles [2,074.4 km]<2> to the west of the Forest City that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meeker County community of Forest City.
- Missouri
- Holt County
- This Forest City is located in Holt County and lies 1,436 miles [2,311 km]<2> to the west of the Forest City that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Holt County community of Forest City.
- Saint Louis 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 Missouri community of Forest City [Saint Louis County].
- Montana
- Missoula 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 Montana community of Forest City [Missoula County].
- New Brunswick
- New York
- Lewis County
- This Forest City is located in Lewis County and lies 395 miles [635.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Forest City that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Forest City.
- North Carolina
- Rutherford County
- This Forest City is located in Rutherford County and lies 1,026 miles [1,651.2 km]<2> to the southwest of the Forest City that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutherford County community of Forest City.
- Pennsylvania
- Susquehanna County
- This Forest City is located in Susquehanna County and lies 475 miles [764.4 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Forest City that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Susquehanna County community of Forest City.
- South Dakota
- Potter County
- This Forest City is located in Potter County and lies 1,570 miles [2,526.7 km]<2> to the west of the Forest City that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Potter County community of Forest City.
- Utah
- Utah County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Utah County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Utah County community of Forest City.
- Washington
- Kitsap 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 Washington community of Forest City [Kitsap County].
- Wisconsin
- Bayfield 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 Wisconsin community of Forest City [Bayfield County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Forest City ...
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)
- Codyville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Codyville
- 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)
- Forest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Forest is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Forest City
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Forest City Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Forest City Landing is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City Landing
- Fosterville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Graham Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Green Mountain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Irish Settlement
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Irish Settlement is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irish Settlement
How Far From Forest City 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 Forest City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Forest City and extending to:
- Machias, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 66 miles [106.2 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Forest City to Machias, with an average speed<4> 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 136 miles [218.9 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 665 miles [1,070.2 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,242 miles [8,436.2 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 5,957 miles [9,586.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,832 miles [6,167 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 Forest City 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- Forest City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Forest City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Forest City 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 Forest City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6617, Longitude: -67.7317 In this case, the coordinates for Forest City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 301.341 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 297.199 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 297.145 degrees. |
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