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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 Hayden Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hayden Corner and the surrounding area.
- 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 Hayden Corner:
- 44.524789, -69.618933
- 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 Hayden Corner
- 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 Kennebec County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kennebec County
- Since Hayden Corner is near Somerset County and also Waldo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Somerset 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 Hayden Corner
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hayden Corner ...
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.
- China
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Decker Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Decker Corner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker Corner
- Farwells Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Farwells Corner is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farwells Corner
- Freedom
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Gregorys Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Gregorys Corner is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregorys Corner
- Jones Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Corner is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Corner
- Lambs Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lambs Corner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambs Corner
- Paines Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Paines Corner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paines Corner
- Rome Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Rome Corner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome Corner
- Sandhill Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sandhill Corner is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandhill Corner
- Summerhaven
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Summerhaven is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerhaven
- Unity
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wings Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wings Mills is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wings Mills
How Far From Hayden Corner 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 Hayden Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hayden Corner and extending to:
- Augusta, which is the Seat of Kennebec County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hayden Corner to Augusta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of 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 16 miles [25.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 544 miles [875.5 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 22 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,361 miles [8,627.7 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 6,075 miles [9,776.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,950 miles [6,356.9 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hayden Corner) 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 Hayden Corner 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 Hayden Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.5248, Longitude: -69.6189 In this case, the coordinates for Hayden Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.738 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.555 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.735 degrees. |
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