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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 Paris, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Paris and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Paris:
    • 44.324511, -70.573845
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on West Paris
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named West Paris ...

We found one communities that share the name West Paris.

Within Maine, the name West Paris is unique.

Beyond Maine, there is another community also named West Paris in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Bourbon County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of West Paris [Bourbon County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near West Paris ...

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.

  • Brimstone Corner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brimstone Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimstone Corner
    • Brimstone Corner is located in Oxford County
  • Greenville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
    • Greenville is located in Oxford County
  • Greenwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenwood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
    • Greenwood is located in Oxford County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 806 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenwood <3>
  • Hunts Corner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunts Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Corner
    • Hunts Corner is located in Oxford County
  • Locke Mills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Locke Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locke Mills
    • Locke Mills is located in Oxford County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Locke Mills <3>
  • Nobles Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nobles Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nobles Corner
    • Nobles Corner is located in Oxford County
  • Paris
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paris have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
    • Paris is located in Oxford County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,162 people
  • Trap Corner
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trap Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trap Corner
    • Trap Corner is located in Oxford County

How Far From West Paris 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 Paris to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in West Paris and extending to:

  • South Paris, which is the Seat of Oxford County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<4> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from West Paris to Augusta, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over 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 501 miles [806.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,408 miles [8,703.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,123 miles [9,854 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,998 miles [6,434.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for West Paris. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Oxford County: www.oxfordcounty.org/

The official website for State of Maine: https://www.maine.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that West Paris could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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 Paris) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in West Paris. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.3245, Longitude: -70.5738    
<5>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.
<6>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 Paris to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.363 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.219 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.304 degrees.




 

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