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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 Springfield, we use the following websites to find information relevant to South Springfield 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 Springfield:
- 45.366372, -68.093851
- 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 Springfield
- 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 Penobscot County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Penobscot County
- Since South Springfield is near Washington County and also Aroostook 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 Aroostook 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 Springfield
Communities Also Named South Springfield ...
We found two communities that are also named South Springfield.
Within Maine, the name South Springfield is unique.
Beyond Maine, there is another community also named South Springfield in the United States.
In addition to the above occurrences of South Springfield, we know of another community located outside of the United States and Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Massachusetts
- Hampden 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 Massachusetts community of South Springfield [Hampden County].
- Communities Beyond North America ...
- Australia
- Distance: 10,632 miles [17,110.5 km]<2> to the west
- Open a Google Map centered on South Springfield
Curious and Interesting Names Near South Springfield ...
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.
- Bear Trap Landing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bear Trap Landing is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Trap Landing
- Gordon ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gordon is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Indian Landing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Landing is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Landing
- Jumbo Landing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jumbo Landing is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo Landing
- Kingman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lakeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lakeville is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Lee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Meadowville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Meadowville is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowville
How Far From South Springfield 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 Springfield to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in South Springfield and extending to:
- Bangor, which is the Seat of Penobscot County, lies 51 miles [82.1 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from South Springfield to Bangor, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 110 miles [177 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 638 miles [1,026.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,267 miles [8,476.4 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 5,982 miles [9,627.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,857 miles [6,207.2 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Springfield 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> | 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- South Springfield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Springfield 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 Springfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.3664, Longitude: -68.0939 In this case, the coordinates for South Springfield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 301.629 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 297.467 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 297.503 degrees. |
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