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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 Pejepscot, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pejepscot 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 Pejepscot:
- 43.960024, -70.01483
- 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 Pejepscot
- 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 Sagadahoc County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sagadahoc County
- Since Pejepscot is near Androscoggin County and also Cumberland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Androscoggin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland 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 Pejepscot
Communities Also Named Pejepscot ...
We found one communities that are also named Pejepscot.
There is one other community in Maine that is also named Pejepscot.
Beyond Maine.
- Communities Located In Maine ...
- Cumberland 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 Maine community of Pejepscot [Cumberland County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pejepscot ...
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.
- Cooks Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cooks Corner is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Corner
- Deep Cut
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Deep Cut is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Cut
- Dyer Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dyer Corner is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer Corner
- Freeport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Growstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Growstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Growstown
- Hillside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hillside is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
- Lisbon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mast Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mast Landing is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mast Landing
- Pleasant Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Starbird Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Starbird Corner is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starbird Corner
How Far From Pejepscot 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 Pejepscot to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Pejepscot and extending to:
- Bath, which is the Seat of Sagadahoc County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pejepscot to Bath, with an average speed<4> 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 26 miles [41.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 503 miles [809.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,399 miles [8,688.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,111 miles [9,834.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,986 miles [6,414.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Pejepscot 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Pejepscot) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Pejepscot 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 Pejepscot. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9600, Longitude: -70.0148 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.082 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.842 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.238 degrees. |
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