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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 Parrot, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Parrot 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 Parrot:
- 45.255051, -69.553940
- 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 Parrot
- 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 Piscataquis County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Piscataquis County
- Since Parrot is near Somerset County and also Penobscot County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Somerset 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 Parrot
Communities Also Named Parrot ...
We found two communities that are also named Parrot.
Within Maine, the name Parrot is unique.
Beyond Maine, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Jackson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Parrot [Jackson County].
- Nevada
- Esmeralda County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Esmeralda County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Esmeralda County community of Parrot.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Parrot ...
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.
- Bodfish
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bodfish is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodfish
- Deadwater
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Deadwater is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadwater
- Elliottsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Elliottsville is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottsville
- Greenville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Greenville Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Happy Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Happy Corner is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Corner
- Howard Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Howard Corner is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Corner
- Huff Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Huff Corner is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff Corner
- Kingsbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kingsbury is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
- Lower Shirley Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lower Shirley Corner is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Shirley Corner
- Moosehorn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Moosehorn is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moosehorn
- Packard Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Packard Landing is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packard Landing
- Troutdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Troutdale is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troutdale
How Far From Parrot 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 Parrot to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Parrot and extending to:
- Dover - Foxcroft, which is the Seat of Piscataquis County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<4> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Parrot to Dover - Foxcroft, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of 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 66 miles [106.2 km] to the south (S). 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 582 miles [936.6 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,331 miles [8,579.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,048 miles [9,733.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,923 miles [6,313.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Parrot could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Parrot, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Parrot) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Parrot 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 Parrot. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.2551, Longitude: -69.5539 In this case, the coordinates for Parrot have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.56 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.485 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.287 degrees. |
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