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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 Sprague Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sprague Corner 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 Sprague Corner:
- 44.068413, -69.441158
- 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 Sprague Corner
- 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 Sprague Corner is near Knox County and also Kennebec County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Knox County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kennebec 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 Sprague Corner
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sprague Corner ...
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.
- East Friendship
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- East Friendship is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Friendship
- Flanders Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Flanders Corner is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flanders Corner
- Friendship
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Head Tide
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Head Tide is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head Tide
- Kennedy Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Kennedy Corner is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Corner
- Loudville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Loudville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudville
- Martin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Martin is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Pleasant Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Point is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Point
- Round Pond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
How Far From Sprague Corner 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 Sprague Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sprague Corner and extending to:
- Wiscasset, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sprague Corner to Wiscasset, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 23 miles [37 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 530 miles [853 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 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,371 miles [8,643.8 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 6,082 miles [9,788 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,958 miles [6,369.8 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Sprague Corner) 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 Sprague Corner 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 Sprague Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.0684, Longitude: -69.4412 In this case, the coordinates for Sprague Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.712 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.447 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.907 degrees. |
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