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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 Frye Island, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Frye Island 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 Frye Island:
- 43.847298, -70.518944
- 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 Frye Island
- 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 Cumberland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
- Since Frye Island is near York County and also Oxford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for York County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oxford 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 Frye Island
Curious and Interesting Names Near Frye Island ...
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.
- Dog Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dog Corner is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Corner
- Gag Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gag Corner is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gag Corner
- Gates Hill ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gates Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates Hill
- Great Falls ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Great Falls is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Falls
- Ireland Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ireland Corner is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ireland Corner
- Long Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Long Beach is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Beach
- Popeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Popeville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popeville
- Raymond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Richville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Richville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Steep Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Suckerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Suckerville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suckerville
- Two Trails
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Two Trails is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Trails
How Far From Frye Island 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 town such as Frye Island to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Frye Island and extending to:
- Portland, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Frye Island to Portland, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over 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 48 miles [77.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 480 miles [772.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,424 miles [8,729.1 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 6,136 miles [9,874.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,012 miles [6,456.7 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 from Point A (ie- Frye Island) 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 Frye Island 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 Frye Island. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.8473, Longitude: -70.5189 In this case, the coordinates for Frye Island have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.41 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.19 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.538 degrees. |
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