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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 Porter Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Porter Landing and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Porter Landing:
    • 43.844524, -70.099494
    • 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 Porter Landing
  • 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 Cumberland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
    • Since Porter Landing is near Androscoggin County and also Sagadahoc 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 Sagadahoc 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 Porter Landing

Communities Also Named Porter Landing ...

We found one communities that are also named Porter Landing.

Within Maine, the name Porter Landing is unique.

Beyond Maine, there is another community also named Porter Landing in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Porter Landing lies 2,679 miles [4,311.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Porter Landing that is located in Cumberland County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Porter Landing ...

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.

  • Cousins Island
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Cousins Island is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cousins Island
  • Crockett Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Crockett Corner is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Corner
  • Deep Cut
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Deep Cut is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Cut
  • Dunns
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Dunns is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunns
  • Freeport
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Growstown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Growstown is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Growstown
  • Harpswell Center
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Harpswell Center is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpswell Center
  • Hillside
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hillside is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
  • Littlejohn Island
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Littlejohn Island is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlejohn Island
  • Mast Landing
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Mast Landing is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mast Landing
  • Pleasant Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Royal Junction
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Royal Junction is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Junction
  • Sodom
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Sodom is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
  • Todds Corners
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Todds Corners is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds Corners

How Far From Porter Landing 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 Porter Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Porter Landing and extending to:

  • Portland, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Porter Landing to Portland, with an average speed<3> 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 four to five hours.
  • Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 35 miles [56.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 495 miles [796.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,407 miles [8,701.7 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 6,118 miles [9,846 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,994 miles [6,427.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Porter Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Porter Landing 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 Porter Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.8445, Longitude: -70.0995       In this case, the coordinates for Porter Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.154 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.903 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.341 degrees.