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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 Frenchboro, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Frenchboro 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 Frenchboro:
- 44.118138, -68.362517
- 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 Frenchboro
- 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 Hancock County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock County
- Since Frenchboro is near Knox County and also Waldo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Knox 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 Frenchboro
Curious and Interesting Names Near Frenchboro ...
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.
- Bass Harbor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cranberry Isles
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cranberry Isles is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Isles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Hall Quarry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hall Quarry is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Quarry
- Haven
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Haven is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven
- Mountainville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mountainville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainville
- Otter Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pretty Marsh
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Pretty Marsh is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pretty Marsh
- Reach
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Reach is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reach
- Seal Cove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Seal Harbor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Seawall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Seawall is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seawall
- Sunshine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sunshine is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Swans Island
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wonderland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wonderland is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonderland
How Far From Frenchboro 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 Frenchboro to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Frenchboro and extending to:
- Ellsworth, which is the Seat of Hancock County, lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Frenchboro to Ellsworth, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 71 miles [114.3 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 574 miles [923.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,324 miles [8,568.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,033 miles [9,709.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,909 miles [6,290.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Frenchboro) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Frenchboro 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 Frenchboro. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.1181, Longitude: -68.3625 In this case, the coordinates for Frenchboro have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.045 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 297.709 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.369 degrees. |
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