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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 Tarratine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tarratine 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 Tarratine:
- 45.616989, -69.848394
- 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 Tarratine
- 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 Somerset County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Somerset County
- Since Tarratine is near Piscataquis County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Piscataquis 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 Tarratine
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tarratine ...
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.
- Beaver Cove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Beaver Cove is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Cove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Blair
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Blair is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Greenville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greenville Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Long Pond
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Long Pond is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Pond
- Moose Brook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Moose Brook is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moose Brook
- Moosehead
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Moosehead is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moosehead
- Rockwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Tarratine 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 Tarratine to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tarratine and extending to:
- Skowhegan, which is the Seat of Somerset County, lies 58 miles [93.3 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Tarratine to Skowhegan, with an average speed<3> 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 over two days.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 90 miles [144.8 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 591 miles [951.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,330 miles [8,577.8 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 6,049 miles [9,734.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,924 miles [6,315.1 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tarratine) 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 Tarratine 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 Tarratine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6170, Longitude: -69.8484 In this case, the coordinates for Tarratine have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.676 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.678 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.224 degrees. |
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