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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 Hermon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hermon 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 Hermon:
    • 44.810070, -68.913372
    • 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 Hermon
  • 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 Penobscot County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Penobscot County
    • Since Hermon is near Waldo County and also Hancock County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Waldo County
    • Open the 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Hermon

Communities Also Named Hermon ...

We found five communities that are also named Hermon.

Within Maine, the name Hermon is unique.

Beyond Maine, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Knox County
      • This Hermon is located in Knox County and lies 1,116 miles [1,796 km]<1> to the west of the Hermon that is located in Penobscot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Hermon.
    • Kentucky
      • Todd County
      • This Hermon is located in Todd County and lies 1,101 miles [1,771.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hermon that is located in Penobscot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Todd County community of Hermon.
    • New York
      • Saint Lawrence County
      • This Hermon is located in Saint Lawrence County and lies 311 miles [500.5 km]<1> to the west of the Hermon that is located in Penobscot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Lawrence County community of Hermon.
    • Ontario
      • This Hermon lies 426 miles [685.6 km]<1> to the west of the Hermon that is located in Penobscot County.
    • Tennessee
      • Greene County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Hermon [Greene County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hermon ...

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.

  • Brewer
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Brewer is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewer
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,948 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brewer <3>
  • Cold Brook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cold Brook is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Brook
  • Damascus
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Damascus is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
  • Fowler Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Fowler Landing is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler Landing
  • Glenburn
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Glenburn is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenburn
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,567 people
  • Glenburn Center
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Glenburn Center is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenburn Center
  • Hardy Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hardy Hill is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy Hill
  • Leathers Corner
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Leathers Corner is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leathers Corner
  • Lucky Landing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Lucky Landing is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky Landing
  • Six Mile Falls
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Six Mile Falls is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Mile Falls
  • Snow Corner
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Snow Corner is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Corner

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

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

  • Bangor, which is the Seat of Penobscot County, lies just to the East.
  • Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Hermon to Augusta, with an average speed<4> 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 over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 583 miles [938.2 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,321 miles [8,563.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,035 miles [9,712.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,910 miles [6,292.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hermon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Hermon 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Hermon 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 Hermon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.8101, Longitude: -68.9134       In this case, the coordinates for Hermon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.248 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.059 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.231 degrees.