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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 North Auburn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Auburn 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 North Auburn:
    • 44.177293, -70.273625
    • 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 North Auburn
  • 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 Androscoggin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Androscoggin County
    • Since North Auburn is near Oxford County and also Kennebec County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Oxford County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kennebec 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 North Auburn

Communities Also Named North Auburn ...

We found four communities that are also named North Auburn.

Within Maine, the name North Auburn is unique.

Beyond Maine, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Lee County
      • This North Auburn is located in Lee County and lies 1,139 miles [1,833 km]<1> to the southwest of the North Auburn that is located in Androscoggin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of North Auburn.
    • California
      • Placer County
      • This North Auburn is located in Placer County and lies 2,608 miles [4,197.2 km]<1> to the west of the North Auburn that is located in Androscoggin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Placer County community of North Auburn.
    • Nebraska
      • Nemaha County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of North Auburn [Nemaha County].
    • Ohio
      • Crawford County
      • This North Auburn is located in Crawford County and lies 673 miles [1,083.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the North Auburn that is located in Androscoggin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of North Auburn.

Curious and Interesting Names Near North Auburn ...

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 North Auburn 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 North Auburn to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Auburn, which is the Seat of Androscoggin County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from North Auburn to Augusta, with an average speed<4> 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 just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 504 miles [811.1 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 29 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,401 miles [8,692.1 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 6,115 miles [9,841.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,990 miles [6,421.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- North Auburn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 North Auburn 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.
<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 North Auburn 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 North Auburn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.1773, Longitude: -70.2736       In this case, the coordinates for North Auburn have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.203 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.015 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.241 degrees.