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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 Islesford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Islesford 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 Islesford:
- 44.262025, -68.233903
- 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 Islesford
- 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 Hancock County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock County
- Since Islesford is near Washington County and also Knox County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Knox 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 Islesford
Curious and Interesting Names Near Islesford ...
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.
- Bass Harbor
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cranberry Isles
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cranberry Isles is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Isles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Hall Quarry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hall Quarry is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Quarry
- Otter Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pretty Marsh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pretty Marsh is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pretty Marsh
- Seal Cove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Seal Harbor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Seawall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Seawall is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seawall
- Wonderland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wonderland is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonderland
How Far From Islesford 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 Islesford to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Islesford and extending to:
- Ellsworth, which is the Seat of Hancock County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Islesford to Ellsworth, 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 most of a day.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 76 miles [122.3 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 585 miles [941.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,313 miles [8,550.4 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 6,023 miles [9,693.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,899 miles [6,274.8 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Islesford) 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 Islesford 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 Islesford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.2620, Longitude: -68.2339 In this case, the coordinates for Islesford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 301.938 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 297.615 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.225 degrees. |
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