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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 Trainor Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Trainor 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 Trainor Corner:
- 44.219794, -69.658377
- 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 Trainor 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 Trainor Corner is near Kennebec County and also Sagadahoc County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kennebec County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sagadahoc 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 Trainor Corner
Curious and Interesting Names Near Trainor 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.
- Cedar Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Frenchs Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Frenchs Corner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchs Corner
- Granite Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Granite Hill is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Hill
- Halls Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Halls Corner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Corner
- Head Tide
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Head Tide is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head Tide
- Iceboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Iceboro is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iceboro
- Jones Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jones Corner is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Corner
- Kennedy Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Kennedy Corner is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Corner
- Libby Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Libby Hill is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libby Hill
- Randolph
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sandhill Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sandhill Corner is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandhill Corner
- Spears Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Spears Corner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spears Corner
How Far From Trainor Corner 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 Trainor 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 Trainor Corner and extending to:
- Wiscasset, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Trainor Corner to Wiscasset, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies just to the northwest (NW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 529 miles [851.3 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 30 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,374 miles [8,648.6 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 6,087 miles [9,796.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,962 miles [6,376.2 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Trainor 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 Trainor 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 Trainor Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.2198, Longitude: -69.6584 In this case, the coordinates for Trainor Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.818 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.591 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.925 degrees. |
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