Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in North Wade, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Wade and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for North Wade

• 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 Wade:
  • 46.829764, -68.179478
  • 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 Wade

• 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 Aroostook County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Aroostook 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 Wade

Curious and Interesting Names Near North Wade ...

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.

• Bishop
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Bishop is located in Aroostook County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
• Bugbee
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Bugbee is located in Aroostook County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bugbee
• Caribou
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Caribou is located in Aroostook County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caribou
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,622 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Caribou <1>
• Carson
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Carson is located in Aroostook County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
• Castle Hill
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Castle Hill is located in Aroostook County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Hill
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
• Green Ridge
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Green Ridge is located in Aroostook County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
• Maysville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Maysville is located in Aroostook County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
• New Sweden
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • New Sweden is located in Aroostook County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sweden
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 563 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Sweden <1>
• Pauls
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Pauls is located in Aroostook County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pauls
• Sweden
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Sweden is located in Aroostook County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweden

How Far From North Wade to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers 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 Wade 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 Wade and extending to:

• Houlton, which is the Seat of Aroostook County, lies 51 miles [82.1 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from North Wade to Houlton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
• Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 190 miles [305.8 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 706 miles [1,136.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,218 miles [8,397.6 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 5,939 miles [9,557.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,815 miles [6,139.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'