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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 Holiday Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Holiday Beach 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 Holiday Beach:
- 44.075081, -69.055595
- 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 Holiday Beach
- 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 Knox County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Knox County
- Since Holiday Beach is near Lincoln County and also Waldo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln 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 Holiday Beach
Communities Also Named Holiday Beach ...
We found four communities that are also named Holiday Beach.
Within Maine, the name Holiday Beach is unique.
Beyond Maine, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Calvert County
- This Holiday Beach is located in Calvert County and lies 538 miles [865.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Holiday Beach that is located in Knox County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Holiday Beach.
- New Jersey
- Ocean County
- This Holiday Beach is located in Ocean County and lies 395 miles [635.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Holiday Beach that is located in Knox County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ocean County community of Holiday Beach.
- Oregon
- Lincoln County
- This Holiday Beach is located in Lincoln County and lies 2,664 miles [4,287.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Holiday Beach that is located in Knox County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Holiday Beach.
- Texas
- Aransas County
- This Holiday Beach is located in Aransas County and lies 1,891 miles [3,043.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Holiday Beach that is located in Knox County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aransas County community of Holiday Beach.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Holiday Beach ...
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.
- Crescent Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Crescent Beach is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Beach
- Glen Cove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Cove is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Cove
- Goose Rocks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Goose Rocks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Rocks
- Lake City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lake City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Owls Head
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Pulpit Harbor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pulpit Harbor is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulpit Harbor
- Rockland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rockport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rockville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rockville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Spruce Head
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Tenants Harbor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Holiday Beach to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Holiday Beach to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Holiday Beach and extending to:
- Rockland, which is the Seat of Knox County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Holiday Beach to Augusta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 545 miles [877.1 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 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 5,354 miles [8,616.4 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 6,065 miles [9,760.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,941 miles [6,342.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Holiday Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Holiday Beach 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 Holiday Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.0751, Longitude: -69.0556 In this case, the coordinates for Holiday Beach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.475 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.183 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.721 degrees. |
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