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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 Works, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Great Works and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Works:
    • 44.917291, -68.638642
    • 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 Works
  • 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 Great Works 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 Great Works

Communities Also Named Great Works ...

We found one communities that are also named Great Works.

There is one other community in Maine that is also named Great Works.

Beyond Maine.

  • Communities Located In Maine ...
    • York County
      • This Great Works is located in York County and lies 158 miles [254.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Great Works that is located in Penobscot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Great Works.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Great Works ...

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.

  • Argyle
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Argyle is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
  • Brewer
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Brewer is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewer
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,948 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brewer <2>
  • Cardville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Cardville is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardville
  • Elliot Landing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Elliot Landing is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot Landing
  • French Settlement
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • French Settlement is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Settlement
  • Glenburn
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Glenburn is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenburn
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,567 people
  • Glenburn Center
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Glenburn Center is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenburn Center
  • Lucky Landing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Lucky Landing is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky Landing
  • Pea Cove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pea Cove is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Cove
  • Sandy Beach
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Sandy Beach is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Beach
  • Six Mile Falls
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Six Mile Falls is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Mile Falls
  • Stillwater
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Stillwater is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater

How Far From Great Works 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 Works to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Great Works and extending to:

  • Bangor, which is the Seat of Penobscot County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Great Works to Bangor, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 70 miles [112.7 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 598 miles [962.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,306 miles [8,539.2 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 6,020 miles [9,688.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,895 miles [6,268.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Great Works) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Works 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 Works. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9173, Longitude: -68.6386       In this case, the coordinates for Great Works have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.057 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 297.865 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.035 degrees.