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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 Hiram, we use the following websites to find information relevant to South Hiram 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 Hiram:
- 43.812853, -70.877564
- 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 Hiram
- 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 Oxford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oxford County
- Since South Hiram is near York County and also Cumberland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for York County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland 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 Hiram
Curious and Interesting Names Near South Hiram ...
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.
- Cornish
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Freedom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Limerick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Limerick Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Limerick Mills is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerick Mills
- Lords Hill ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lords Hill is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lords Hill
- Maplewood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Maplewood is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Merrill Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Merrill Corner is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill Corner
- Parsonsfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Perrys Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Perrys Corner is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Corner
- Porterfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Porterfield is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterfield
- Ruin Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ruin Corner is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruin Corner
How Far From South Hiram 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 Hiram to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in South Hiram and extending to:
- South Paris, which is the Seat of Oxford County, lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from South Hiram to South Paris, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 64 miles [103 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 465 miles [748.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,440 miles [8,754.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,153 miles [9,902.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,029 miles [6,484 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 Hiram) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Hiram 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 Hiram. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.8129, Longitude: -70.8776 In this case, the coordinates for South Hiram have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.636 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.437 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.725 degrees. |
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