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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 Guilford Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Guilford Center 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 Guilford Center:
    • 45.192831, -69.348381
    • 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 Guilford Center
  • 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 Piscataquis County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Piscataquis County
    • Since Guilford Center is near Penobscot County and also Somerset County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Penobscot County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Somerset 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 Guilford Center

Communities Also Named Guilford Center ...

We found three communities that are also named Guilford Center.

Within Maine, the name Guilford Center is unique.

Beyond Maine, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Connecticut
      • New Haven County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Guilford Center [New Haven County].
    • New York
      • Chenango County
      • This Guilford Center is located in Chenango County and lies 360 miles [579.4 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Guilford Center that is located in Piscataquis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chenango County community of Guilford Center.
    • Vermont
      • Windham County
      • This Guilford Center is located in Windham County and lies 232 miles [373.4 km]<2> to the southwest of the Guilford Center that is located in Piscataquis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Windham County community of Guilford Center.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Guilford Center ...

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.

  • Happy Corner
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Happy Corner is located in Piscataquis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Corner
  • Howard Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Howard Corner is located in Piscataquis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Corner
  • Jackman Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jackman Corner is located in Piscataquis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackman Corner
  • Moosehorn
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Moosehorn is located in Piscataquis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moosehorn
  • Packard Landing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Packard Landing is located in Piscataquis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packard Landing
  • Parrot
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Parrot is located in Piscataquis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrot
  • Parson Landing
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Parson Landing is located in Piscataquis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parson Landing
  • Silvers Mills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Silvers Mills is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvers Mills
  • Starbirds
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Starbirds is located in Piscataquis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starbirds

How Far From Guilford Center 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 Guilford Center to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Dover - Foxcroft, which is the Seat of Piscataquis County, lies just to the East.
  • Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 64 miles [103 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Guilford Center 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 about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 586 miles [943.1 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 5,325 miles [8,569.8 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 6,041 miles [9,722 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,917 miles [6,303.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Guilford Center could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Guilford Center) 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 Guilford Center 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 Guilford Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.1928, Longitude: -69.3484       In this case, the coordinates for Guilford Center have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.444 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.345 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.221 degrees.