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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 Rockport, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Rockport 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 Rockport:
- 44.182023, -69.135318
- 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 Rockport
- 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 Knox County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Knox County
- Since West Rockport is near Waldo County and also Lincoln 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 Lincoln 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 Rockport
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Rockport ...
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.
- Crescent Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Crescent Beach is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Beach
- Glen Cove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Cove is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Cove
- Grants Turn
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Grants Turn is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grants Turn
- Gushees Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gushees Corner is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gushees Corner
- Holiday Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Holiday Beach is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Beach
- Hope
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lake City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lake City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Lincolnville Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Owls Head
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rockland
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rockport
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Rockville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rockville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Union
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
How Far From West Rockport 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 Rockport 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 Rockport and extending to:
- Rockland, which is the Seat of Knox County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from West Rockport 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 over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 547 miles [880.3 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 22 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,354 miles [8,616.4 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 6,065 miles [9,760.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,941 miles [6,342.4 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 Rockport) 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 Rockport 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 Rockport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.1820, Longitude: -69.1353 In this case, the coordinates for West Rockport have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.504 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.234 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.698 degrees. |
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