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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 Great Diamond Island Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Great Diamond Island Landing and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Great Diamond Island Landing
- 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 Great Diamond Island Landing:
- 43.670638, -70.199770
- 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 Great Diamond Island Landing
- 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 Great Diamond Island Landing is near York County and also Sagadahoc 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 Sagadahoc 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 Great Diamond Island Landing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Great Diamond Island Landing ...
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.
- Evergreen Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Evergreen Landing is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Landing
- Ferry Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ferry Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Village
- Jones Wharf
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jones Wharf is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Wharf
- Knightville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Knightville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knightville
- Libbytown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Libbytown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libbytown
- Little Diamond Island Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Long Island
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mariner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mariner is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariner
- Meeting House Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Meeting House Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeting House Hill
- Mountainview Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mountainview Park is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainview Park
- Peaks Island
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sunset Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sunset Landing is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Landing
How Far From Great Diamond Island Landing 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 Great Diamond Island Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Great Diamond Island Landing and extending to:
- Portland, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 48 miles [77.2 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Great Diamond Island Landing to Augusta, with an average speed<3> 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 most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 483 miles [777.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, 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 5,417 miles [8,717.8 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 6,128 miles [9,862.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,004 miles [6,443.8 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Great Diamond Island Landing) 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 Great Diamond Island Landing 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 Great Diamond Island Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6706, Longitude: -70.1998 In this case, the coordinates for Great Diamond Island Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.245 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.975 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.484 degrees. |
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