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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 Gardiner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Gardiner 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 Gardiner:
- 44.223682, -69.891159
- 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 Gardiner
- 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 Kennebec County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kennebec County
- Since West Gardiner is near Androscoggin County and also Sagadahoc County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Androscoggin 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 West Gardiner
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Gardiner ...
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.
- Frenchs Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Frenchs Corner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchs Corner
- Granite Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Granite Hill is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Hill
- Island Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Island Park is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Park
- Libby Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Libby Hill is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libby Hill
- Purgatory
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Purgatory is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purgatory
- Randolph
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ring Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ring Hill is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ring Hill
- Spears Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Spears Corner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spears Corner
How Far From West Gardiner 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 West Gardiner 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 Gardiner and extending to:
- Augusta, which is the Seat of Kennebec County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies just to the northeast (NE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 520 miles [836.9 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from West Gardiner to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 30 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,384 miles [8,664.7 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 6,097 miles [9,812.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,972 miles [6,392.3 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 from Point A (ie- West Gardiner) 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 Gardiner 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 Gardiner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.2237, Longitude: -69.8912 In this case, the coordinates for West Gardiner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.96 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.751 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.034 degrees. |
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