Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Grants Camps, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grants Camps and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Grants Camps

• 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 Grants Camps:
  • 45.103108, -70.748957
  • 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 Grants Camps

• 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 Franklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
  • Since Grants Camps is near Oxford County and also Coos County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Oxford County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Coos 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 Grants Camps

Curious and Interesting Names Near Grants Camps ...

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.

• Dead River ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Dead River is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dead River
• Lincoln Plantation
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Lincoln Plantation is located in Oxford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Plantation
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
• Loon Lake
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Loon Lake is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loon Lake
• Macy
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Macy is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macy
• Mingo Springs
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Mingo Springs is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingo Springs
• Mountainview
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Mountainview is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainview
• Pleasant Island
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Pleasant Island is located in Oxford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Island
• Round Mountain
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Round Mountain is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Mountain
• Upper Dam
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Upper Dam is located in Oxford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Dam

How Far From Grants Camps 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 Grants Camps to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Grants Camps and extending to:

• Farmington, which is the Seat of Franklin County, lies 41 miles [66 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Grants Camps to Farmington, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
• Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 72 miles [115.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 4 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 536 miles [862.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,386 miles [8,667.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,104 miles [9,823.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,979 miles [6,403.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'