Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Lower Landing:
  • 43.319530, -70.569775
  • 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 Lower Landing

• 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 York County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for York County
  • Since Lower Landing is near Strafford County and also Cumberland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Strafford County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland 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 Lower Landing

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lower Landing ...

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.

• Cozy Corners
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Cozy Corners is located in York County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozy Corners
• Elms
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Elms is located in York County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elms
• Four Corners
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Four Corners is located in York County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
• Grays Corner
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Grays Corner is located in York County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Corner
• Highpine
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Highpine is located in York County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highpine
• Hobbs Crossing
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Hobbs Crossing is located in York County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbs Crossing
• Moody
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Moody is located in York County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
• Moody Beach
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Moody Beach is located in York County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody Beach
• Moody Point
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Moody Point is located in York County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody Point
• Parsonage Corner
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Parsonage Corner is located in York County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsonage Corner
• Walnut Hill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Walnut Hill is located in York County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Lower Landing and extending to:

• Alfred, which is the Seat of York County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lower Landing to Alfred, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 78 miles [125.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). 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 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 454 miles [730.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,446 miles [8,764.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,156 miles [9,907.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,032 miles [6,488.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'