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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 Harrington, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Harrington 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 Harrington:
    • 44.619229, -67.810814
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Harrington
  • 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • eBird sighting report for Washington County
    • Since Harrington is near Hancock County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
    • eBird sighting report for Hancock 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Harrington ...

We found sixteen communities that share the name Harrington.

Within Maine, the name Harrington is unique.

Beyond Maine, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, twelve are located in the United States and four are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Colusa County
      • This Harrington is located in Colusa County and lies 2,766 miles [4,451.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Harrington that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colusa County community of Harrington.
    • Delaware
      • Kent County
      • This Harrington is located in Kent County and lies 560 miles [901.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Harrington that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Harrington.
    • Georgia
      • Glynn County
      • This Harrington is located in Glynn County and lies 1,181 miles [1,900.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Harrington that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Glynn County community of Harrington.
    • Maryland
      • Carroll County
      • This Harrington is located in Carroll County and lies 585 miles [941.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Harrington that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Harrington.
    • Nebraska
      • Wheeler County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Wheeler County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wheeler County community of Harrington.
    • New Jersey
      • Bergen County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Harrington [Bergen County].
    • New Mexico
      • Union County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Union County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Harrington.
    • New York
      • Harrington #
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Harrington.
    • North Carolina
      • Harnett County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Harrington [Harnett County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Harrington lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Harrington that is located in Washington County.
    • Ontario
      • This Harrington lies 661 miles [1,063.8 km]<1> to the west of the Harrington that is located in Washington County.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Harrington lies 254 miles [408.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Harrington that is located in Washington County.
    • Quebec
      • This Harrington lies 343 miles [552 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Harrington that is located in Washington County.
    • South Dakota
      • Bennett County
      • This Harrington is located in Bennett County and lies 1,655 miles [2,663.5 km]<1> to the west of the Harrington that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bennett County community of Harrington.
    • Virginia
      • Alleghany County
      • This Harrington is located in Alleghany County and lies 784 miles [1,261.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Harrington that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alleghany County community of Harrington.
    • Washington
      • Lincoln County
      • This Harrington is located in Lincoln County and lies 2,382 miles [3,833.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Harrington that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Harrington.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Harrington ...

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.

  • Centerville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centerville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
    • Centerville is located in Washington County
  • Cherryfield
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherryfield have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherryfield
    • Cherryfield is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cherryfield <5>
  • Georgetown
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Georgetown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
    • Georgetown is located in Washington County
  • Indian River
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian River have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian River
    • Indian River is located in Washington County
  • Little River Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little River Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River Corner
    • Little River Corner is located in Washington County
  • Marshville
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshville
    • Marshville is located in Washington County
  • Pigeon Hill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pigeon Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Hill
    • Pigeon Hill is located in Washington County
  • Unionville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Unionville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
    • Unionville is located in Washington County

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

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

  • Machias, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Harrington to Machias, with an average speed<6> 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 99 miles [159.3 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 617 miles [993 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 35 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,282 miles [8,500.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,993 miles [9,644.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,869 miles [6,226.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Harrington. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Maine: https://www.maine.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Harrington) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Harrington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6192, Longitude: -67.8108    
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Harrington, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Harrington 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.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Harrington to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 301.608 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 297.31 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 297.813 degrees.




 

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