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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:
    • 43.219808, -70.797279
    • 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 York County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for York County
    • Since Great Works is near Strafford County and also Rockingham County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Strafford County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rockingham 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 ...
    • Penobscot County
      • This Great Works is located in Penobscot County and lies 158 miles [254.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Great Works that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Penobscot 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.

  • Brickyard Landing ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Brickyard Landing is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickyard Landing
  • Cider Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Cider Hill is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cider Hill
  • Clay Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Clay Hill is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Hill
  • Crocketts Crossing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Crocketts Crossing is located in Strafford County (NH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crocketts Crossing
  • Dover
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Dover is located in Strafford County (NH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,443 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <2>
  • Five Corners
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Five Corners is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
  • Foundry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Foundry is located in Strafford County (NH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundry
  • Gates Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Gates Corner is located in Strafford County (NH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates Corner
  • Green Acre
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Green Acre is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acre
  • Parsonage Corner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Parsonage Corner is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsonage Corner
  • Rosemary
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Rosemary is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemary
  • Scotland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Scotland is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
  • Shepherds Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Shepherds Hill is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherds Hill

How Far From Great Works to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories 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:

  • Alfred, which is the Seat of York County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Great Works to Alfred, 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 90 miles [144.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). 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 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 440 miles [708.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 25 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,460 miles [8,787 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 6,170 miles [9,929.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,045 miles [6,509.8 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: 43.2198, Longitude: -70.7973       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 303.684 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.389 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.003 degrees.