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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 Lewiston Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lewiston Junction and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Lewiston Junction:
    • 44.046185, -70.298388
    • 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 Lewiston Junction
  • 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 Lewiston Junction ...

We found one communities that share the name Lewiston Junction.

Within Maine, the name Lewiston Junction is unique.

Beyond Maine, there is another community also named Lewiston Junction in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New York
      • Niagara County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Lewiston Junction [Niagara County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lewiston Junction ...

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.

  • Danville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Danville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
    • Danville is located in Androscoggin County
  • Empire
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Empire have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
    • Empire is located in Androscoggin County
  • Littlefield Corner
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlefield Corner
    • Littlefield Corner is located in Androscoggin County
  • Murphy Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Murphy Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Corner
    • Murphy Corner is located in Androscoggin County
  • Poland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland
    • Poland is located in Androscoggin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,683 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poland <3>
  • Poland Spring
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poland Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland Spring
    • Poland Spring is located in Androscoggin County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poland Spring <3>
  • Royal Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Royal Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Corner
    • Royal Corner is located in Androscoggin County
  • Shaker Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shaker Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
    • Shaker Village is located in Cumberland County
  • Stevens Mill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stevens Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Mill
    • Stevens Mill is located in Androscoggin County

How Far From Lewiston Junction 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 Lewiston Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Lewiston Junction and extending to:

  • Auburn, which is the Seat of Androscoggin County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<4> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Lewiston Junction to Augusta, 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.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 497 miles [799.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,407 miles [8,701.7 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 6,120 miles [9,849.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,996 miles [6,430.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lewiston Junction. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Maine: https://www.maine.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Lewiston Junction 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.
<2>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lewiston Junction) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lewiston Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.0462, Longitude: -70.2984       In this case, the coordinates for Lewiston Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Lewiston Junction to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.241 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.035 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.325 degrees.




 

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