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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 Litchfield Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Litchfield Corners 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 Litchfield Corners:
- 44.13295, -69.965124
- 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 Litchfield Corners
- 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 Kennebec County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kennebec County
- Since Litchfield Corners is near Sagadahoc County and also Androscoggin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sagadahoc County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Androscoggin 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 Litchfield Corners
Curious and Interesting Names Near Litchfield Corners ...
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.
- Drinkwater Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Frenchs Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Frenchs Corner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchs Corner
- Greene
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Iceboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Iceboro is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iceboro
- Libby Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Libby Hill is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libby Hill
- Lisbon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Purgatory
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ring Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ring Hill is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ring Hill
- Robinson Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Robinson Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Corner
- Spears Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spears Corner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spears Corner
- Starbird Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Starbird Corner is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starbird Corner
How Far From Litchfield Corners 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 Litchfield Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Litchfield Corners and extending to:
- Augusta, which is the Seat of Kennebec County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Litchfield Corners to Augusta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast (NE). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 513 miles [825.6 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 20 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,390 miles [8,674.4 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 6,103 miles [9,821.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,978 miles [6,402 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Litchfield Corners) 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 Litchfield Corners 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 Litchfield Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.1330, Longitude: -69.9651 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.022 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.804 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.119 degrees. |
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