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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 McShea, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McShea 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 McShea:
- 46.761988, -67.853355
- 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 McShea
- 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 Aroostook County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Aroostook 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 McShea
Curious and Interesting Names Near McShea ...
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.
- Bishop
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bishop is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Four Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Green Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Green Ridge is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
- Lower California
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Maine
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Maine is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine
- Maple Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Maple Grove is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Maysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Maysville is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Powers Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Powers Corner is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers Corner
- Stevensville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Stevensville is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevensville
- Tinker
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinker
How Far From McShea 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 McShea to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in McShea and extending to:
- Houlton, which is the Seat of Aroostook County, lies 44 miles [70.8 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from McShea to Houlton, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 193 miles [310.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 713 miles [1,147.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,207 miles [8,379.9 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 5,927 miles [9,538.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,803 miles [6,120.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- McShea) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 McShea 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 McShea. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.7620, Longitude: -67.8534 In this case, the coordinates for McShea have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 301.177 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 297.217 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 296.526 degrees. |
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