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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 Levant, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Levant 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 Levant:
- 44.869114, -68.932572
- 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 Levant
- 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 Penobscot County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Penobscot County
- Since Levant is near Waldo County and also Hancock County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Waldo County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock 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 Levant
Communities Also Named Levant ...
We found three communities that are also named Levant.
Within Maine, the name Levant is unique.
Beyond Maine, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Thomas County
- This Levant is located in Thomas County and lies 1,683 miles [2,708.5 km]<1> to the west of the Levant that is located in Penobscot County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Thomas County community of Levant.
- New York
- Chautauqua County
- This Levant is located in Chautauqua County and lies 546 miles [878.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Levant that is located in Penobscot County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chautauqua County community of Levant.
- North Dakota
- Grand Forks 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 North Dakota community of Levant [Grand Forks County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Levant ...
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.
- Cold Brook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cold Brook is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Brook
- Fowler Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fowler Landing is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler Landing
- Glenburn
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Glenburn Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Glenburn Center is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenburn Center
- Leathers Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Leathers Corner is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leathers Corner
- Lucky Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Beach is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Beach
- Six Mile Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Six Mile Falls is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Mile Falls
- Snow Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Levant 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 Levant to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Levant and extending to:
- Bangor, which is the Seat of Penobscot County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Levant to Bangor, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 56 miles [90.1 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 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 5,320 miles [8,561.7 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 6,034 miles [9,710.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,909 miles [6,290.9 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Levant) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Levant 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> | 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 Levant 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 Levant. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.8691, Longitude: -68.9326 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.249 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.07 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.206 degrees. |
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