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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 Haynesville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Haynesville 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 Haynesville:
    • 45.826902, -67.989476
    • 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 Haynesville
  • 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 Haynesville ...

We found ten communities that share the name Haynesville.

Within Maine, the name Haynesville is unique.

Beyond Maine, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Pratt 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 Kansas community of Haynesville [Pratt County].
    • Kentucky
      • Ohio County
      • This Haynesville is located in Ohio County and lies 1,114 miles [1,792.8 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Haynesville that is located in Aroostook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ohio County community of Haynesville.
    • Louisiana
      • Claiborne Parish
      • This Haynesville is located in Claiborne Parish and lies 1,598 miles [2,571.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Haynesville that is located in Aroostook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Claiborne Parish community of Haynesville.
    • Missouri
      • Clinton County
      • This Haynesville is located in Clinton County and lies 1,400 miles [2,253.1 km]<2> to the west of the Haynesville that is located in Aroostook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Haynesville.
    • New Brunswick
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • Ohio
      • Pickaway 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 Ohio community of Haynesville [Pickaway County].
      • Union County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Haynesville [Union County].
    • Oregon
      • Klamath County
      • This Haynesville is located in Klamath County and lies 2,608 miles [4,197.2 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Haynesville that is located in Aroostook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Klamath County community of Haynesville.
    • Texas
      • Wichita County
      • This Haynesville is located in Wichita County and lies 1,810 miles [2,912.9 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Haynesville that is located in Aroostook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wichita County community of Haynesville.
    • Virginia
      • Richmond County
      • This Haynesville is located in Richmond County and lies 702 miles [1,129.8 km]<2> to the southwest of the Haynesville that is located in Aroostook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Haynesville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Haynesville ...

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.

  • City Camp Landing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for City Camp Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Camp Landing
    • City Camp Landing is located in Aroostook County
  • Graham Corner
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Graham Corner came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Corner
  • Green Mountain
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Mountain came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Mountain
  • Irish Settlement
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Irish Settlement have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irish Settlement
    • Irish Settlement is located in Washington County
  • Jackins Settlement
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jackins Settlement have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackins Settlement
    • Jackins Settlement is located in Aroostook County
  • Maxwell
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maxwell came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
  • Monument
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monument came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument
  • Reed
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reed have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
    • Reed is located in Aroostook County
  • Reed Plantation
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reed Plantation have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Plantation
    • Reed Plantation is located in Aroostook County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
  • Upper Drew
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Upper Drew have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Drew
    • Upper Drew is located in Penobscot County

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

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

  • Houlton, which is the Seat of Aroostook County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Haynesville to Houlton, 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 most of a day.
  • Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 136 miles [218.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 663 miles [1,067 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,246 miles [8,442.6 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 5,963 miles [9,596.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,838 miles [6,176.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

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

The official website for Aroostook County: www.aroostook.me.us/

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

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 Haynesville 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 '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- Haynesville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Haynesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.8269, Longitude: -67.9895    
<3>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 Haynesville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<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 Haynesville 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 301.467 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 297.369 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 297.172 degrees.









 

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