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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 Rigby, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rigby 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 Rigby:
    • 43.603139, -70.291715
    • 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 Rigby
  • 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 Rigby is near York County and also Sagadahoc County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for York 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 Rigby

Communities Also Named Rigby ...

We found two communities that are also named Rigby.

Within Maine, the name Rigby is unique.

Beyond Maine, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Idaho
      • Bingham 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 Idaho community of Rigby [Bingham County].
      • Jefferson County
      • This Rigby is located in Jefferson County and lies 2,057 miles [3,310.4 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Rigby that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Rigby.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rigby ...

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.

  • Cash Corner
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Cash Corner is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Corner
  • Crocketts Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Crocketts Corner is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crocketts Corner
  • Danish Village ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Danish Village is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danish Village
  • Elizabeth Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Elizabeth Park is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth Park
  • Ferry Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Ferry Village is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Village
  • Knightville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Knightville is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knightville
  • Libbytown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Libbytown is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libbytown
  • Lone Creek Village ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Lone Creek Village is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Creek Village
  • Meeting House Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Meeting House Hill is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeting House Hill
  • Mountainview Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Mountainview Park is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainview Park
  • Pine Point Beach
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Pine Point Beach is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Point Beach
  • Pond Cove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Pond Cove is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Cove
  • Sunset Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Sunset Park is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Park
  • Town Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Town Landing is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Landing

How Far From Rigby to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Rigby to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Rigby once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Rigby and extending to:

  • Portland, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Rigby to Augusta, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 477 miles [767.7 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 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,424 miles [8,729.1 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 6,135 miles [9,873.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,010 miles [6,453.5 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 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 Rigby 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rigby) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Rigby, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Rigby 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 Rigby. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6031, Longitude: -70.2917       In this case, the coordinates for Rigby have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.313 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.039 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.563 degrees.