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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 Winterport, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Winterport 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 Winterport:
- 44.677038, -68.845793
- 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 Winterport
- 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 Winterport 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 Winterport
Curious and Interesting Names Near North Winterport ...
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.
- Brewer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cold Brook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cold Brook is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Brook
- Cranes Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cranes Corners is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranes Corners
- Five Mile Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Five Mile Corners is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Mile Corners
- Fowler Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fowler Landing is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler Landing
- Hardy Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hardy Hill is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy Hill
- Leathers Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Leathers Corner is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leathers Corner
- Prospect
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sandy Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Snow Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Winterport
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Winterport Station
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Winterport Station is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterport Station
How Far From North Winterport 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 Winterport 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 Winterport and extending to:
- Belfast, which is the Seat of Waldo County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from North Winterport to Belfast, 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 6 hours.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 52 miles [83.7 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 over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 580 miles [933.4 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 5,323 miles [8,566.5 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 6,036 miles [9,714 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,912 miles [6,295.8 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- North Winterport) 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 Winterport 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 Winterport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6770, Longitude: -68.8458 In this case, the coordinates for North Winterport have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.232 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.017 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.276 degrees. |
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