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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 Round Pond, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Round Pond 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 Round Pond:
- 43.947860, -69.461159
- 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 Round Pond
- 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 Lincoln County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
- Since Round Pond is near Knox County and also Sagadahoc County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Knox 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 Round Pond
Communities Also Named Round Pond ...
We found four communities that are also named Round Pond.
Within Maine, the name Round Pond is unique.
Beyond Maine, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Saint Francis County
- This Round Pond is located in Saint Francis County and lies 1,278 miles [2,056.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Round Pond that is located in Lincoln County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Francis County community of Round Pond.
- New York
- Franklin County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Round Pond [Franklin County].
- Tennessee
- Montgomery County
- This Round Pond is located in Montgomery County and lies 1,073 miles [1,726.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Round Pond that is located in Lincoln County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Round Pond.
- Vermont
- Orange County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Round Pond [Orange County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Round Pond ...
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.
- Boothbay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chamberlain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Christmas Cove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Christmas Cove is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christmas Cove
- Dover
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dover is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- East Friendship
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- East Friendship is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Friendship
- Friendship
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Heron Island
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Heron Island is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heron Island
- Loudville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Loudville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudville
- Martin
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Martin is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- New Harbor
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Point is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Point
- Pools Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pools Landing is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pools Landing
- Yellow Head
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Yellow Head is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Head
How Far From Round Pond 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 Round Pond to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Round Pond and extending to:
- Wiscasset, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Round Pond to Wiscasset, 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 29 miles [46.7 km] to the north northwest (NNW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 524 miles [843.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,376 miles [8,651.8 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 6,087 miles [9,796.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,963 miles [6,377.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Round Pond) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Round Pond 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Round Pond 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 Round Pond. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9479, Longitude: -69.4612 In this case, the coordinates for Round Pond have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.746 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.464 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.984 degrees. |
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