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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 Georgetown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Georgetown 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 Georgetown:
- 43.807027, -69.773101
- 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 Georgetown
- 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 Sagadahoc County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sagadahoc County
- Since West Georgetown is near Lincoln County and also Cumberland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln 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 Georgetown
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Georgetown ...
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.
- Bath
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Boothbay Harbor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dyer Cove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dyer Cove is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer Cove
- Five Islands
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Five Islands is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Islands
- Georgetown
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Meadowbrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Meadowbrook is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Mouse Island
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mouse Island is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mouse Island
- Popham Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Popham Beach is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popham Beach
- Robinhood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Robinhood is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinhood
- Small Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Small Point Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Small Point Beach is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Small Point Beach
- Spruceworld
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Spruceworld is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruceworld
How Far From West Georgetown to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories 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 Georgetown 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 Georgetown and extending to:
- Bath, which is the Seat of Sagadahoc County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from West Georgetown to Augusta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 506 miles [814.3 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 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,394 miles [8,680.8 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 6,105 miles [9,825 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,981 miles [6,406.8 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- West Georgetown) 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 Georgetown 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 Georgetown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.8070, Longitude: -69.7731 In this case, the coordinates for West Georgetown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.962 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.681 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.209 degrees. |
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