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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 West Fryeburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Fryeburg 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 West Fryeburg:
- 44.063958, -70.980069
- 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 West Fryeburg
- 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 Oxford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oxford County
- Since West Fryeburg is near Carroll County and also Cumberland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland 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 West Fryeburg
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Fryeburg ...
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.
- Cooks Crossing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cooks Crossing is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Crossing
- Denmark
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ducks Head
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ducks Head is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ducks Head
- Dundee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dundee is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Glen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Glen is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Heads Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Heads Corner is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heads Corner
- Liberty Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Corner is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Corner
- Merrill Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Merrill Corner is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill Corner
- Redstone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Redstone is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redstone
- Slab City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Slab City is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Snowville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sweden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sweden is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 413 people
How Far From West Fryeburg 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 West Fryeburg to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in West Fryeburg and extending to:
- South Paris, which is the Seat of Oxford County, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from West Fryeburg to South Paris, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days 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 61 miles [98.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 474 miles [762.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,435 miles [8,746.8 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 6,149 miles [9,895.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,024 miles [6,476 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 from Point A (ie- West Fryeburg) 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 West Fryeburg 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 West Fryeburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.0640, Longitude: -70.9801 In this case, the coordinates for West Fryeburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.657 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.504 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.639 degrees. |
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