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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 Middle Intervale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Middle Intervale 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 Middle Intervale:
- 44.462842, -70.787292
- 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 Middle Intervale
- 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 Oxford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oxford County
- Since Middle Intervale is near Coos County and also Carroll County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coos County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll 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 Middle Intervale
Curious and Interesting Names Near Middle Intervale ...
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.
- Dickvale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Dickvale is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickvale
- Greenville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Greenville is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Greenwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hunts Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hunts Corner is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Corner
- Locke Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lynchville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Lynchville is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchville
- Mayville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mayville is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayville
- Mexico
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Trap Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Trap Corner is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trap Corner
- Virginia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Virginia is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia
How Far From Middle Intervale 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 Middle Intervale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Middle Intervale and extending to:
- South Paris, which is the Seat of Oxford County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Middle Intervale to South Paris, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 50 miles [80.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 501 miles [806.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,412 miles [8,709.8 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 6,127 miles [9,860.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,003 miles [6,442.2 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Middle Intervale) 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 Middle Intervale 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 Middle Intervale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.4628, Longitude: -70.7873 In this case, the coordinates for Middle Intervale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.471 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.364 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.331 degrees. |
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