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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 Long Pond, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Long Pond 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 Long Pond:
- 45.621291, -70.085553
- 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 Long Pond
- 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 Somerset County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Somerset County
- Since Long Pond is near Piscataquis County and also Franklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Piscataquis County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin 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 Long Pond
Communities Also Named Long Pond ...
We found six communities that are also named Long Pond.
Within Maine, the name Long Pond is unique.
Beyond Maine, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Long Pond is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,389 miles [2,235.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Long Pond that is located in Somerset County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Long Pond.
- Georgia
- Montgomery 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 Georgia community of Long Pond [Montgomery County].
- Wheeler County
- This Long Pond is located in Wheeler County and lies 1,147 miles [1,845.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Long Pond that is located in Somerset County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wheeler County community of Long Pond.
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- 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 Newfoundland and Labrador community of Long Pond.
- Pennsylvania
- Berks County
- This Long Pond is located in Berks County and lies 468 miles [753.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Long Pond that is located in Somerset County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berks County community of Long Pond.
- Monroe County
- This Long Pond is located in Monroe County and lies 415 miles [667.9 km] to the southwest of the Long Pond that is located in Somerset County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Long Pond.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Long Pond ...
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.
- Blair
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Blair is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Dennistown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Dennistown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennistown
- Dyerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Dyerville is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyerville
- Jackman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jackman Mill ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jackman Mill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackman Mill
- Moose River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Moose River is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moose River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Moosehead
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Rockwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Three Streams
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Three Streams is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Streams
How Far From Long Pond 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 Long Pond to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Long Pond and extending to:
- Skowhegan, which is the Seat of Somerset County, lies 61 miles [98.2 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Long Pond to Skowhegan, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 91 miles [146.5 km] to the south (S). 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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 584 miles [939.9 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,339 miles [8,592.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,058 miles [9,749.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,934 miles [6,331.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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 from Point A (ie- Long Pond) 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 Long Pond 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Long Pond 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 Long Pond. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6213, Longitude: -70.0856 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.824 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.844 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.34 degrees. |
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