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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 Guilford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Guilford 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 Guilford:
    • 45.234774, -69.420882
    • 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 Guilford
  • 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 Piscataquis County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Piscataquis County
    • Since North Guilford is near Penobscot County and also Somerset County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Penobscot County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Somerset 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 Guilford

Communities Also Named North Guilford ...

We found one communities that are also named North Guilford.

Within Maine, the name North Guilford is unique.

Beyond Maine, there is another community also named North Guilford in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Connecticut
      • New Haven County
      • This North Guilford is located in New Haven County and lies 314 miles [505.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the North Guilford that is located in Piscataquis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Haven County community of North Guilford.

Curious and Interesting Names Near North Guilford ...

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.

  • Bodfish
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Bodfish is located in Piscataquis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodfish
  • Elliottsville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Elliottsville is located in Piscataquis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottsville
  • Happy Corner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Happy Corner is located in Piscataquis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Corner
  • Howard Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Howard Corner is located in Piscataquis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Corner
  • Jackman Corner
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jackman Corner is located in Piscataquis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackman Corner
  • Lower Shirley Corner
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lower Shirley Corner is located in Piscataquis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Shirley Corner
  • Moosehorn
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Moosehorn is located in Piscataquis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moosehorn
  • Packard Landing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Packard Landing is located in Piscataquis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packard Landing
  • Parrot
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Parrot is located in Piscataquis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrot
  • Parson Landing
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Parson Landing is located in Piscataquis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parson Landing
  • Starbirds
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Starbirds is located in Piscataquis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starbirds

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

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

  • Dover - Foxcroft, which is the Seat of Piscataquis County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from North Guilford to Dover - Foxcroft, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 66 miles [106.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 585 miles [941.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,327 miles [8,573 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,043 miles [9,725.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,918 miles [6,305.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- North Guilford) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Guilford 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 Guilford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.2348, Longitude: -69.4209       In this case, the coordinates for North Guilford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.481 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.394 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.233 degrees.