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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 Montsweag, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Montsweag 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 Montsweag:
- 43.962300, -69.723934
- 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 Montsweag
- 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 Sagadahoc County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sagadahoc County
- Since Montsweag is near Lincoln County and also Cumberland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln 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 Montsweag
Curious and Interesting Names Near Montsweag ...
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.
- Bath
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Boothbay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Boothbay Harbor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Days Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Days Ferry is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days Ferry
- Dover
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dover is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Hatchs Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hatchs Corner is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchs Corner
- Murphys Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Murphys Corner is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphys Corner
- Pools Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pools Landing is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pools Landing
- Robinhood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Robinhood is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinhood
How Far From Montsweag 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 Montsweag to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Montsweag and extending to:
- Bath, which is the Seat of Sagadahoc County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Montsweag to Augusta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 514 miles [827.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,387 miles [8,669.5 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 6,098 miles [9,813.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,973 miles [6,393.9 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Montsweag) 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 Montsweag 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 Montsweag. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9623, Longitude: -69.7239 In this case, the coordinates for Montsweag have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.904 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.643 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.10 degrees. |
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