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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 Pleasant Ridge Plantation, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pleasant Ridge Plantation and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Pleasant Ridge Plantation
- 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 Pleasant Ridge Plantation:
- 45.110611, -69.987285
- 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 Pleasant Ridge Plantation
- 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 Somerset County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Somerset County
- Since Pleasant Ridge Plantation is near Franklin County and also Piscataquis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Piscataquis 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 Pleasant Ridge Plantation
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pleasant Ridge Plantation ...
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.
- Deadwater
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Deadwater is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadwater
- Huff Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Huff Corner is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff Corner
- Kingsbury
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Kingsbury is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
- Moody Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Moody Corner is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody Corner
- Moscow
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Pond
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Pond is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Pond
- Rice Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rice Corner is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Corner
- Troutdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Troutdale is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troutdale
How Far From Pleasant Ridge Plantation 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 Pleasant Ridge Plantation to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pleasant Ridge Plantation and extending to:
- Skowhegan, which is the Seat of Somerset County, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pleasant Ridge Plantation to Skowhegan, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 56 miles [90.1 km] to the south (S). 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 560 miles [901.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,354 miles [8,616.4 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 6,071 miles [9,770.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,947 miles [6,352.1 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pleasant Ridge Plantation) 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 Pleasant Ridge Plantation 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 Pleasant Ridge Plantation. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.1106, Longitude: -69.9873 In this case, the coordinates for Pleasant Ridge Plantation have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.858 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.792 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.582 degrees. |
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