Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Stephensons Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stephensons Landing and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Stephensons Landing

• 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 Stephensons Landing:
  • 45.700880, -68.978656
  • 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 Stephensons Landing

• 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 Piscataquis County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Piscataquis County
  • Since Stephensons Landing is near Penobscot County and also Aroostook County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Penobscot 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 Stephensons Landing

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stephensons Landing ...

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.

• Dolby
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Dolby is located in Penobscot County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolby
• Grindstone
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Grindstone is located in Penobscot County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grindstone
• Hay Brook
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Hay Brook is located in Penobscot County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Brook
• Knights Landing
  (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Knights Landing is located in Piscataquis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knights Landing
• Lake View Plantation
  (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Lake View Plantation is located in Piscataquis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View Plantation
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
• Little Italy
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Little Italy is located in Penobscot County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Italy
• New City
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • New City is located in Piscataquis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City
• Packards
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Packards is located in Piscataquis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packards
• Prairie
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Prairie is located in Piscataquis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie

How Far From Stephensons Landing 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 Stephensons Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Stephensons Landing and extending to:

• Dover - Foxcroft, which is the Seat of Piscataquis County, lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Stephensons Landing to Dover - Foxcroft, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
• Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 103 miles [165.8 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 623 miles [1,002.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,291 miles [8,515 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 6,009 miles [9,670.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,884 miles [6,250.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'