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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 Ingalls, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ingalls 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 Ingalls:
- 43.985349, -70.725617
- 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 Ingalls
- 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 Cumberland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
- Since Ingalls is near Oxford County and also York County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oxford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for York 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 Ingalls
Communities Also Named Ingalls ...
We found eleven communities that are also named Ingalls.
Within Maine, the name Ingalls is unique.
Beyond Maine, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Bradley County
- This Ingalls is located in Bradley County and lies 1,360 miles [2,188.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Ingalls that is located in Cumberland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradley County community of Ingalls.
- Indiana
- Madison County
- This Ingalls is located in Madison County and lies 821 miles [1,321.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Ingalls that is located in Cumberland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Ingalls.
- Kansas
- Ford 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 Kansas community of Ingalls [Ford County].
- Gray County
- This Ingalls is located in Gray County and lies 1,598 miles [2,571.7 km]<1> to the west of the Ingalls that is located in Cumberland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gray County community of Ingalls.
- Massachusetts
- Suffolk 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 Massachusetts community of Ingalls [Suffolk County].
- Michigan
- Menominee County
- This Ingalls is located in Menominee County and lies 833 miles [1,340.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Ingalls that is located in Cumberland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Menominee County community of Ingalls.
- Minnesota
- Marshall 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 Minnesota community of Ingalls [Marshall County].
- Missouri
- Polk 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 Missouri community of Ingalls [Polk County].
- North Carolina
- Avery County
- This Ingalls is located in Avery County and lies 812 miles [1,306.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Ingalls that is located in Cumberland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Avery County community of Ingalls.
- Oklahoma
- Payne County
- This Ingalls is located in Payne County and lies 1,478 miles [2,378.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Ingalls that is located in Cumberland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Payne County community of Ingalls.
- Tennessee
- Cannon 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 Ingalls [Cannon County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ingalls ...
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.
- Chambers Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chambers Corner is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Corner
- Denmark
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dunkertown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dunkertown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkertown
- Heads Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Heads Corner is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heads Corner
- Liberty Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Liberty Corner is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Corner
- Long Beach
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Long Beach is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Beach
- Merrill Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Merrill Corner is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill Corner
- Naples
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pike Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Pike Corner is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Corner
- Porterfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Porterfield is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterfield
- Sandy Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sandy Creek is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Creek
- Scribners Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Scribners Mill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scribners Mill
- Sweden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sweden is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 413 people
How Far From Ingalls 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 Ingalls to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ingalls and extending to:
- Portland, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Ingalls to Portland, with an average speed<5> 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.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 51 miles [82.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 479 miles [770.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,427 miles [8,733.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,141 miles [9,883 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,016 miles [6,463.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'
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- Ingalls) 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 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 Ingalls 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 Ingalls, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Ingalls 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 Ingalls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9853, Longitude: -70.7256 In this case, the coordinates for Ingalls have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.514 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.33 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.561 degrees. |
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