Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Lowelltown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lowelltown and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Lowelltown

• 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 Lowelltown:
  • 45.513785, -70.644925
  • 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 Lowelltown

• 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 Franklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
  • Since Lowelltown is near Somerset County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Somerset 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 Lowelltown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lowelltown ...

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.

• Boundary
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boundary
• Dennistown
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Dennistown is located in Somerset County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennistown
• Ditchfield
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ditchfield
• Dyerville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Dyerville is located in Somerset County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyerville
• Echo Vale
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Vale
• Jackman
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Jackman is located in Somerset County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackman
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 813 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jackman <1>
• Moose River
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Moose River is located in Somerset County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moose River
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
• Moosehorn ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Moosehorn is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moosehorn
• Round Mountain
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Round Mountain is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Mountain
• Skinner
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Skinner is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinner
• Three Streams
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Three Streams is located in Somerset County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Streams

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lowelltown and extending to:

• Farmington, which is the Seat of Franklin County, lies 63 miles [101.4 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lowelltown to Farmington, with an average speed<3> 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 93 miles [149.7 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 561 miles [902.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,366 miles [8,635.7 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 6,086 miles [9,794.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,961 miles [6,374.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'