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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 South Albion, we use the following websites to find information relevant to South Albion 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 South Albion:
- 44.502846, -69.485597
- 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 South Albion
- 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 Kennebec County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kennebec County
- Since South Albion is near Waldo County and also Somerset County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Waldo 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 South Albion
Communities Also Named South Albion ...
We found one communities that are also named South Albion.
Within Maine, the name South Albion is unique.
Beyond Maine, there is another community also named South Albion in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New York
- Oswego 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 New York community of South Albion [Oswego County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near South Albion ...
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.
- China
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Farwells Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Farwells Corner is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farwells Corner
- Freedom
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Gregorys Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Gregorys Corner is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregorys Corner
- Jones Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Corner is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Corner
- Lambs Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lambs Corner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambs Corner
- Liberty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Paines Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Paines Corner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paines Corner
- Polands Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Polands Corner is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polands Corner
- Unity
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
How Far From South Albion 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 South Albion to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in South Albion and extending to:
- Augusta, which is the Seat of Kennebec County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from South Albion to Augusta, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest (SW). The buggy would take 6 hours and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 548 miles [881.9 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 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,356 miles [8,619.6 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 6,070 miles [9,768.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,945 miles [6,348.9 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 South Albion 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- South Albion) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 South Albion 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 South Albion. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.5028, Longitude: -69.4856 In this case, the coordinates for South Albion have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.66 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.464 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.683 degrees. |
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