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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 Bristol, we use the following websites to find information relevant to South Bristol 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 Bristol:
- 43.863971, -69.561157
- 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 Bristol
- 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 South Bristol is near Sagadahoc County and also Knox County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sagadahoc County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Knox 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 Bristol
Communities Also Named South Bristol ...
We found two communities that are also named South Bristol.
Within Maine, the name South Bristol is unique.
Beyond Maine, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New York
- Ontario County
- This South Bristol is located in Ontario County and lies 401 miles [645.3 km]<1> to the west of the South Bristol that is located in Lincoln County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ontario County community of South Bristol.
- Tennessee
- Sullivan 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 Tennessee community of South Bristol [Sullivan County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near South Bristol ...
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
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Boothbay Harbor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Chamberlain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Christmas Cove
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Christmas Cove is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christmas Cove
- Heron Island
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Heron Island is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heron Island
- Mouse Island
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mouse Island is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mouse Island
- New Harbor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ocean Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ocean Point is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Point
- Spruce Shores
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Spruce Shores is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Shores
- Spruceworld
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Spruceworld is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruceworld
- Yellow Head
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Yellow Head is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Head
How Far From South Bristol 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 South Bristol to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in South Bristol and extending to:
- Wiscasset, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from South Bristol 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 32 miles [51.5 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 516 miles [830.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving 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 5,383 miles [8,663.1 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 6,094 miles [9,807.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,970 miles [6,389.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- South Bristol) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 South Bristol 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 South Bristol 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 Bristol. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.8640, Longitude: -69.5612 In this case, the coordinates for South Bristol have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.822 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.535 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.078 degrees. |
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