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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 New Harbor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Harbor and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 New Harbor:
    • 43.875916, -69.490047
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on New Harbor
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named New Harbor ...

We found one communities that share the name New Harbor.

Within Maine, the name New Harbor is unique.

Beyond Maine, there is another community also named New Harbor in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Rhode Island
      • Washington County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of New Harbor [Washington County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near New Harbor ...

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.

  • Boothbay
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Boothbay Harbor
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boothbay Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothbay Harbor
    • Boothbay Harbor is located in Lincoln County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,225 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boothbay Harbor <2>
  • Chamberlain
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Christmas Cove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Christmas Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christmas Cove
    • Christmas Cove is located in Lincoln County
  • Heron Island
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heron Island have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heron Island
    • Heron Island is located in Lincoln County
  • Loudville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudville
    • Loudville is located in Lincoln County
  • Ocean Point
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ocean Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Point
    • Ocean Point is located in Lincoln County
  • Pools Landing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pools Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pools Landing
    • Pools Landing is located in Lincoln County
  • Round Pond
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Round Pond have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Pond
    • Round Pond is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Round Pond <2>
  • Spruce Shores
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spruce Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Shores
    • Spruce Shores is located in Lincoln County
  • Spruceworld
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spruceworld have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruceworld
    • Spruceworld is located in Lincoln County
  • Yellow Head
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yellow Head have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Head
    • Yellow Head is located in Lincoln County

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in New Harbor and extending to:

  • Wiscasset, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<4> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from New Harbor to Wiscasset, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 33 miles [53.1 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 520 miles [836.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,380 miles [8,658.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,091 miles [9,802.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,966 miles [6,382.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for New Harbor. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Lincoln County: www.co.lincoln.me.us/

The official website for State of Maine: https://www.maine.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that New Harbor could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- New Harbor) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in New Harbor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.8759, Longitude: -69.4900       In this case, the coordinates for New Harbor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 New Harbor to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.777 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.486 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.038 degrees.




 

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