Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Industry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Industry and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Industry
- 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 Industry:
- 44.761170, -70.055340
- 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 Industry
- 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 Franklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Since Industry is near Somerset County and also Kennebec County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Somerset County
- eBird sighting report for Kennebec 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Industry ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Industry.
Within Maine, the name Industry is unique.
Beyond Maine, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Ohio
- Montgomery County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Montgomery County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Industry.
- Portage County
- This Industry is located in Portage County and lies 617 miles [993 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Industry that is located in Franklin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Portage County community of Industry.
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County
- This Industry is located in Allegheny County and lies 584 miles [939.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Industry that is located in Franklin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Industry.
- Beaver County
- This Industry is located in Beaver County and lies 596 miles [959.2 km] to the west southwest of the Industry that is located in Franklin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaver County community of Industry.
- Texas
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Industry ...
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.
- Chase Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chase Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Corner
- Chase Corner is located in Franklin County
- Cornville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east) - Dane Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dane Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dane Corner
- Dane Corner is located in Somerset County
- Jay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jay have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay
- Jay is located in Franklin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,598 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jay <5>
- Madrid Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Madrid Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madrid Junction
- Madrid Junction is located in Franklin County
- Martin Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martin Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Corner
- Martin Corner is located in Somerset County
- Reeds
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest) - Rice Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rice Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Corner
- Rice Corner is located in Somerset County
- Rome Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rome Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome Corner
- Rome Corner is located in Kennebec County
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- Sandy River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy River have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy River
- Sandy River is located in Somerset County
- Starks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Stones Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stones Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Corner
- Stones Corner is located in Franklin County
- Strong
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strong
- Strong is located in Franklin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,152 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Strong <5>
- Tainter Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tainter Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tainter Corner
- Tainter Corner is located in Franklin County
- Temple
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy River
How Far From Industry 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 Industry to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Industry and extending to:
- Farmington, which is the Seat of Franklin County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Industry to Augusta, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 540 miles [869 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 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,370 miles [8,642.2 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 6,086 miles [9,794.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,961 miles [6,374.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Industry. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Maine: https://www.maine.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Industry) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Industry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7612, Longitude: -70.0553 In this case, the coordinates for Industry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Industry 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> | 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 Industry, 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Industry 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 302.964 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.85 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.812 degrees. |