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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 Huff Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Huff 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 Huff Corner:
- 45.075333, -69.607274
- 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 Huff 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 Piscataquis County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Piscataquis County
- Since Huff Corner is near Somerset County and also Penobscot 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 Penobscot 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 Huff Corner
Curious and Interesting Names Near Huff 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.
- Castle Harmony
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Castle Harmony is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Harmony
- Deadwater
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Deadwater is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadwater
- Happy Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Happy Corner is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Corner
- Harmony
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kingsbury
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kingsbury is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
- Mainstream
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mainstream is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainstream
- Moody Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Moody Corner is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody Corner
- Todds Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Todds Corner is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds Corner
How Far From Huff Corner 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 Huff 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 Huff Corner and extending to:
- Dover - Foxcroft, which is the Seat of Piscataquis County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Huff Corner to Dover - Foxcroft, with an average speed<3> 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 6 hours.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 53 miles [85.3 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 571 miles [918.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,340 miles [8,593.9 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 6,056 miles [9,746.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,931 miles [6,326.3 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Huff 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 Huff 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 Huff Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.0753, Longitude: -69.6073 In this case, the coordinates for Huff Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.628 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.529 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.416 degrees. |
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