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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 Parsonsfield, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Parsonsfield 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 North Parsonsfield:
- 43.757813, -70.923661
- 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 Parsonsfield
- 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 York County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for York County
- Since North Parsonsfield is near Oxford County and also Carroll 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 Carroll 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 Parsonsfield
Curious and Interesting Names Near North Parsonsfield ...
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.
- Cornish
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Freedom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Granite
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Granite is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
- Grape Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grape Corner is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Corner
- Limerick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Limerick Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Limerick Mills is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerick Mills
- Lords Hill ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lords Hill is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lords Hill
- Maplewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Maplewood is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Mee Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Parsonsfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Perrys Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Perrys Corner is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Corner
- Pine River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pine River is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
- Porterfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Porterfield is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterfield
How Far From North Parsonsfield to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs 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 Parsonsfield to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in North Parsonsfield and extending to:
- Alfred, which is the Seat of York County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from North Parsonsfield to Alfred, with an average speed<3> 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.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 68 miles [109.4 km] to the northeast (NE). 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 461 miles [741.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,444 miles [8,761.3 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 6,157 miles [9,908.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,032 miles [6,488.9 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- North Parsonsfield) 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 North Parsonsfield 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 Parsonsfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.7578, Longitude: -70.9237 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.673 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.469 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.776 degrees. |
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