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

When in Sugar Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sugar Hill 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 Sugar Hill:
    • 46.435877, -67.802245
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Sugar Hill
  • 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:
    • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Sugar Hill ...

We found 21 communities that share the name Sugar Hill.

Within Maine, the name Sugar Hill is unique.

Beyond Maine, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Washington 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 Arkansas community of Sugar Hill [Washington County].
    • Georgia
      • Bartow 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 Georgia community of Sugar Hill [Bartow County].
      • Dooly County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Dooly County and lies 1,287 miles [2,071.2 km]<3> to the southwest of the Sugar Hill that is located in Aroostook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dooly County community of Sugar Hill.
      • Fannin County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Fannin County and lies 1,172 miles [1,886.2 km] to the southwest of the Sugar Hill that is located in Aroostook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fannin County community of Sugar Hill.
      • Gwinnett County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Gwinnett County and lies 1,202 miles [1,934.4 km] to the southwest of the Sugar Hill that is located in Aroostook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gwinnett County community of Sugar Hill.
      • Hall County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Hall County and lies 1,184 miles [1,905.5 km] to the southwest of the Sugar Hill that is located in Aroostook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of Sugar Hill.
    • Kentucky
      • Pulaski County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Pulaski County and lies 1,072 miles [1,725.2 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Sugar Hill that is located in Aroostook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Sugar Hill.
    • Mississippi
      • Montgomery County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Montgomery County and lies 1,447 miles [2,328.7 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Sugar Hill that is located in Aroostook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Sugar Hill.
    • New Hampshire
      • Grafton County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Grafton County and lies 247 miles [397.5 km]<3> to the southwest of the Sugar Hill that is located in Aroostook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grafton County community of Sugar Hill.
    • New York
      • Schuyler 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 New York community of Sugar Hill [Schuyler County].
    • North Carolina
      • McDowell County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in McDowell County and lies 1,051 miles [1,691.4 km]<3> to the southwest of the Sugar Hill that is located in Aroostook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McDowell County community of Sugar Hill.
      • Scotland County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Scotland County and lies 1,009 miles [1,623.8 km] to the southwest of the Sugar Hill that is located in Aroostook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scotland County community of Sugar Hill.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Jefferson County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Jefferson County and lies 656 miles [1,055.7 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Sugar Hill that is located in Aroostook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Sugar Hill.
      • Washington County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Washington County and lies 762 miles [1,226.3 km] to the west southwest of the Sugar Hill that is located in Aroostook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Sugar Hill.
    • South Carolina
      • Berkeley County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Berkeley County and lies 1,117 miles [1,797.6 km]<3> to the southwest of the Sugar Hill that is located in Aroostook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkeley County community of Sugar Hill.
      • Dorchester County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Dorchester County and lies 1,136 miles [1,828.2 km] to the southwest of the Sugar Hill that is located in Aroostook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dorchester County community of Sugar Hill.
      • Oconee County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Oconee County and lies 1,127 miles [1,813.7 km] to the southwest of the Sugar Hill that is located in Aroostook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Sugar Hill.
    • Tennessee
      • Hardeman County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Hardeman County and lies 1,345 miles [2,164.6 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Sugar Hill that is located in Aroostook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardeman County community of Sugar Hill.
      • Perry County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Perry County and lies 1,279 miles [2,058.4 km] to the west southwest of the Sugar Hill that is located in Aroostook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Sugar Hill.
    • Texas
      • Panola 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 Texas community of Sugar Hill [Panola County].
    • Virginia
      • Campbell County
      • This Sugar Hill is located in Campbell County and lies 861 miles [1,385.6 km]<3> to the southwest of the Sugar Hill that is located in Aroostook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Campbell County community of Sugar Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sugar Hill ...

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.

  • Blaine
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blaine have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
    • Blaine is located in Aroostook County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 668 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blaine <5>
  • Greenfield
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenfield came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
  • Gregg Settlement
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gregg Settlement came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregg Settlement
  • Harvey
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harvey have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
    • Harvey is located in Aroostook County
  • Hunters Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunters Corner came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Corner
  • Jewells Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jewells Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewells Corner
    • Jewells Corner is located in Aroostook County
  • Kings Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Grove
    • Kings Grove is located in Aroostook County
  • Long Settlement
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Settlement came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Settlement
  • Mars Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mars Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
    • Mars Hill is located in Aroostook County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,461 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mars Hill <5>
  • Orchards Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orchards Corner came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchards Corner
  • Snow Settlement
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snow Settlement have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Settlement
    • Snow Settlement is located in Aroostook County
  • Tracey Mills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tracey Mills came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracey Mills

How Far From Sugar Hill to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Sugar Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Houlton, which is the Seat of Aroostook County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Sugar Hill to Houlton, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 175 miles [281.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 699 miles [1,124.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
  • The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,217 miles [8,395.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,935 miles [9,551.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,811 miles [6,133.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<11>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sugar Hill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Aroostook County: www.aroostook.me.us/

The official website for State of Maine: https://www.maine.gov/

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 Sugar Hill 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>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 Sugar Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- Sugar Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sugar Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.4359, Longitude: -67.8022       In this case, the coordinates for Sugar Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<7>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.
<8>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 Sugar Hill to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 301.217 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 297.202 degrees.
<11>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 296.703 degrees.




 

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