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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 Pembroke, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Pembroke 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 Pembroke:
- 44.949583, -67.178685
- 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 Pembroke
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Pembroke
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Pembroke ...
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.
- Charlotte
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Charlotte is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte
- Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
- Chocolate Cove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Dennysville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fairhaven
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Indian Island
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lords Cove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lower Dennysville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Marion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Marion is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Pine Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Corner is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Corner
- Pleasant Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Point is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Point
- Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ridge is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge
- Split Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Split Hill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Hill
How Far From West Pembroke 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 Pembroke 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 Pembroke and extending to:
- Machias, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from West Pembroke to Machias, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day 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 135 miles [217.3 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 655 miles [1,054.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,244 miles [8,439.4 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 5,955 miles [9,583.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,831 miles [6,165.4 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 '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 Pembroke) 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 Pembroke 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 Pembroke. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9496, Longitude: -67.1787 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 301.151 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 296.859 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 297.309 degrees. |
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