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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 Amity, we use the following websites to find information relevant to South Amity 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 Amity:
- 45.887835, -67.848904
- 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 Amity
- 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 Aroostook County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Aroostook County
- Since South Amity is near Washington County and also Penobscot County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Penobscot 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 Amity
Curious and Interesting Names Near South Amity ...
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.
- Blowdown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blowdown
- City Camp Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- City Camp Landing is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Camp Landing
- Eel River Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fosterville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Graham Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Green Mountain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jackins Settlement
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jackins Settlement is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackins Settlement
- Limestone
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Maxwell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
- Monument
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument
- Union Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
How Far From South Amity 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 South Amity to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in South Amity and extending to:
- Houlton, which is the Seat of Aroostook County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from South Amity to Houlton, with an average speed<2> 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 five to six hours.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 143 miles [230.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 671 miles [1,079.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,238 miles [8,429.7 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 5,955 miles [9,583.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,830 miles [6,163.8 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 from Point A (ie- South Amity) 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 South Amity 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 Amity. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.8878, Longitude: -67.8489 In this case, the coordinates for South Amity have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 301.365 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 297.268 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 297.065 degrees. |
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