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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 Goodale Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Goodale Corner 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 Goodale Corner:
- 44.700518, -68.751297
- 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 Goodale Corner
- 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 Penobscot County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Penobscot County
- Since Goodale Corner is near Hancock County and also Waldo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock 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 Goodale Corner
Curious and Interesting Names Near Goodale Corner ...
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.
- Brewer
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cold Brook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cold Brook is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Brook
- Cranes Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cranes Corners is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranes Corners
- Five Mile Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Five Mile Corners is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Mile Corners
- Fowler Landing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fowler Landing is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler Landing
- Green Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Green Lake is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
- Hardy Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hardy Hill is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy Hill
- Prospect
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Beach
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Beach is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Beach
- Six Mile Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Six Mile Falls is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Mile Falls
- Snow Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Winterport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Winterport Station
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Winterport Station is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterport Station
How Far From Goodale Corner 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 Goodale Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Goodale Corner and extending to:
- Bangor, which is the Seat of Penobscot County, lies just to the North.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Goodale Corner to Augusta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 584 miles [939.9 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 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,319 miles [8,560.1 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 6,032 miles [9,707.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,907 miles [6,287.7 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Goodale Corner) 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 Goodale Corner 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 Goodale Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7005, Longitude: -68.7513 In this case, the coordinates for Goodale Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.17 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 297.951 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.216 degrees. |
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