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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 Searsport, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Searsport 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 Searsport:
- 44.555492, -68.956682
- 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 Searsport
- 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 Waldo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Waldo County
- Since North Searsport is near Hancock County and also Penobscot County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Penobscot 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 Searsport
Curious and Interesting Names Near North Searsport ...
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.
- Cranes Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cranes Corners is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranes Corners
- Evans Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Evans Corner is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Corner
- Neals Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Neals Corner is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neals Corner
- Prospect
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sandy Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Swanville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Waldo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Winterport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Winterport Station
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Winterport Station is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterport Station
How Far From North Searsport 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 Searsport 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 Searsport and extending to:
- Belfast, which is the Seat of Waldo County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from North Searsport to Belfast, with an average speed<3> 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 43 miles [69.2 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 570 miles [917.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,333 miles [8,582.6 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 6,045 miles [9,728.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,920 miles [6,308.6 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 '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- North Searsport) 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 Searsport 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 Searsport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.5555, Longitude: -68.9567 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.324 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.098 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.399 degrees. |
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