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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 Newcastle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Newcastle 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 Newcastle:
    • 44.035074, -69.536916
    • 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 Newcastle
  • 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 Lincoln County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
    • Since Newcastle is near Knox County and also Sagadahoc County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Knox County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sagadahoc 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 Newcastle

Communities Also Named Newcastle ...

We found eighteen communities that are also named Newcastle.

Within Maine, the name Newcastle is unique.

Beyond Maine, we know of eighteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and four are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • 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 Alberta community of Newcastle.
    • Arkansas
      • Saint Francis County
      • This Newcastle is located in Saint Francis County and lies 1,278 miles [2,056.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Newcastle that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Francis County community of Newcastle.
    • British Columbia
      • This Newcastle lies 2,548 miles [4,100.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Newcastle that is located in Lincoln County.
    • California
      • Placer County
      • This Newcastle is located in Placer County and lies 2,650 miles [4,264.8 km]<2> to the west of the Newcastle that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Placer County community of Newcastle.
    • Florida
      • Duval County
      • This Newcastle is located in Duval County and lies 1,150 miles [1,850.7 km]<2> to the southwest of the Newcastle that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Duval County community of Newcastle.
    • Illinois
      • Saline County
      • This Newcastle is located in Saline County and lies 1,089 miles [1,752.6 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Newcastle that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saline County community of Newcastle.
    • Kansas
      • Cherokee 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 Kansas community of Newcastle [Cherokee County].
      • Leavenworth County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Newcastle [Leavenworth County].
    • Nebraska
      • Dixon County
      • This Newcastle is located in Dixon County and lies 1,369 miles [2,203.2 km]<2> to the west of the Newcastle that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dixon County community of Newcastle.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Newcastle lies 279 miles [449 km]<2> to the northeast of the Newcastle that is located in Lincoln County.
    • Ohio
      • Coshocton County
      • This Newcastle is located in Coshocton County and lies 693 miles [1,115.3 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Newcastle that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coshocton County community of Newcastle.
    • Oklahoma
      • McClain County
      • This Newcastle is located in McClain County and lies 1,600 miles [2,575 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Newcastle that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McClain County community of Newcastle.
    • Ontario
      • This Newcastle lies 449 miles [722.6 km]<2> to the west of the Newcastle that is located in Lincoln County.
    • Tennessee
      • Hardeman County
      • This Newcastle is located in Hardeman County and lies 1,204 miles [1,937.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Newcastle that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardeman County community of Newcastle.
    • Texas
      • Young County
      • This Newcastle is located in Young County and lies 1,732 miles [2,787.4 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Newcastle that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Young County community of Newcastle.
    • Utah
      • Iron County
      • This Newcastle is located in Iron County and lies 2,312 miles [3,720.8 km]<2> to the west of the Newcastle that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iron County community of Newcastle.
    • Washington
      • King County
      • This Newcastle is located in King County and lies 2,496 miles [4,016.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Newcastle that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Newcastle.
    • Wyoming
      • Weston County
      • This Newcastle is located in Weston County and lies 1,710 miles [2,752 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Newcastle that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weston County community of Newcastle.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Newcastle ...

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.

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Newcastle and extending to:

  • Wiscasset, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Newcastle to Augusta, with an average speed<4> 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.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 525 miles [844.9 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 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,376 miles [8,651.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,087 miles [9,796.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,963 miles [6,377.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

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 Newcastle 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>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- Newcastle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Newcastle 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 Newcastle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.0351, Longitude: -69.5369    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.777 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.513 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.971 degrees.