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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 Sebec Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sebec Corners 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 Sebec Corners:
    • 45.229776, -69.101708
    • 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 Sebec Corners
  • 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 Piscataquis County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Piscataquis County
    • Since Sebec Corners is near Penobscot County and also Somerset County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Penobscot County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Somerset 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 Sebec Corners

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sebec Corners ...

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.

  • Derby
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Derby is located in Piscataquis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
  • Durbin Corner
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Durbin Corner is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin Corner
  • Earnest Corner
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Earnest Corner is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earnest Corner
  • Hicks Corner
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Hicks Corner is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Corner
  • Howard Corner
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Howard Corner is located in Piscataquis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Corner
  • Knight Corner
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Knight Corner is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knight Corner
  • Knights Landing
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Knights Landing is located in Piscataquis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knights Landing
  • Lake View
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake View is located in Piscataquis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
  • Lake View Plantation
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake View Plantation is located in Piscataquis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View Plantation
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Packard Landing
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Packard Landing is located in Piscataquis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packard Landing
    • Parson Landing
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Parson Landing is located in Piscataquis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parson Landing
    • Prairie
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Prairie is located in Piscataquis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie
    • Silvers Mills
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Silvers Mills is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvers Mills
    • Starbirds
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Starbirds is located in Piscataquis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starbirds
    • Storers Corner
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Storers Corner is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Storers Corner

How Far From Sebec Corners 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 Sebec Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Sebec Corners and extending to:

  • Dover - Foxcroft, which is the Seat of Piscataquis County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 71 miles [114.3 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Sebec Corners to Augusta, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 4 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 596 miles [959.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,314 miles [8,552.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,029 miles [9,702.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,905 miles [6,284.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Sebec Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Sebec Corners 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 Sebec Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.2298, Longitude: -69.1017       In this case, the coordinates for Sebec Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.283 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.172 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.079 degrees.