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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 Trescott, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Trescott 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 Trescott:
- 44.859523, -67.131651
- 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 Trescott
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Trescott
Curious and Interesting Names Near North Trescott ...
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.
- Chocolate Cove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dennysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fairhaven
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Halls Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Halls Mills is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Mills
- Indian Island
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Dennysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lower Dennysville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Dennysville
- Marion
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Marion is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Pleasant Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Point is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Point
- Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ridge is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge
- Split Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Split Hill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Hill
- Welshpool
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
How Far From North Trescott 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 Trescott 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 Trescott and extending to:
- Machias, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from North Trescott to Machias, 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 five to six hours.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 135 miles [217.3 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 653 miles [1,050.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,245 miles [8,441 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 5,956 miles [9,585.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,832 miles [6,167 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 from Point A (ie- North Trescott) 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 Trescott 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 Trescott. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.8595, Longitude: -67.1317 In this case, the coordinates for North Trescott have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 301.141 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 296.832 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 297.342 degrees. |
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