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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 Hampden, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Hampden 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 Hampden:
- 44.749238, -68.926984
- 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 Hampden
- 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 Penobscot County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Penobscot County
- Since West Hampden is near Waldo County and also Hancock County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Waldo County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock 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 Hampden
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Hampden ...
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.
- Brewer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cold Brook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cold Brook is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Brook
- Damascus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Damascus is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
- Fowler Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Fowler Landing is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler Landing
- Hardy Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hardy Hill is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy Hill
- Leathers Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Leathers Corner is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leathers Corner
- Six Mile Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Six Mile Falls is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Mile Falls
- Snow Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Snow Corner is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Corner
- Winterport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Winterport Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Winterport Station is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterport Station
How Far From West Hampden 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 Hampden 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 Hampden and extending to:
- Bangor, which is the Seat of Penobscot County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 51 miles [82.1 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from West Hampden to Augusta, 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 most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 580 miles [933.4 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 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,324 miles [8,568.1 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 6,038 miles [9,717.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,913 miles [6,297.4 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 Hampden) 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 Hampden 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 Hampden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7492, Longitude: -68.9270 In this case, the coordinates for West Hampden have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.268 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.07 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.273 degrees. |
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