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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 Stevensville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stevensville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Stevensville:
    • 46.796155, -67.864466
    • 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 Stevensville
  • 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 Aroostook County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • 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 Stevensville

Communities Also Named Stevensville ...

We found nine communities that are also named Stevensville.

Within Maine, the name Stevensville is unique.

Beyond Maine, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maryland
      • Queen Anne's County
      • This Stevensville is located in Queen Anne's County and lies 687 miles [1,105.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Stevensville that is located in Aroostook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Queen Anne's County community of Stevensville.
    • Michigan
      • Berrien County
      • This Stevensville is located in Berrien County and lies 974 miles [1,567.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Stevensville that is located in Aroostook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berrien County community of Stevensville.
    • Montana
      • Ravalli County
      • This Stevensville is located in Ravalli County and lies 2,158 miles [3,473 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Stevensville that is located in Aroostook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ravalli County community of Stevensville.
    • Nevada
      • Pershing County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Stevensville [Pershing County].
    • New York
      • Sullivan County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Stevensville [Sullivan County].
    • Ontario
      • This Stevensville lies 608 miles [978.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Stevensville that is located in Aroostook County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Bradford County
      • This Stevensville is located in Bradford County and lies 537 miles [864.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Stevensville that is located in Aroostook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradford County community of Stevensville.
    • Vermont
      • Chittenden County
      • This Stevensville is located in Chittenden County and lies 288 miles [463.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Stevensville that is located in Aroostook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chittenden County community of Stevensville.
    • Virginia
      • King and Queen County
      • This Stevensville is located in King and Queen County and lies 777 miles [1,250.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Stevensville that is located in Aroostook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King and Queen County community of Stevensville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stevensville ...

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.

  • Bishop
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Bishop is located in Aroostook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
  • Four Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Four Corners is located in Aroostook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
  • Four Falls
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Green Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Green Ridge is located in Aroostook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
  • Lower California
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Maine
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Maine is located in Aroostook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine
  • Maple Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Maple Grove is located in Aroostook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
  • Maysville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Maysville is located in Aroostook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
  • Tinker
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinker

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stevensville and extending to:

  • Houlton, which is the Seat of Aroostook County, lies 46 miles [74 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Stevensville to Houlton, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full 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 195 miles [313.8 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 715 miles [1,150.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,206 miles [8,378.2 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 5,927 miles [9,538.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,802 miles [6,118.7 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Stevensville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Stevensville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Stevensville 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.
<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 Stevensville 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 Stevensville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.7962, Longitude: -67.8645       In this case, the coordinates for Stevensville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 301.176 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 297.223 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 296.511 degrees.