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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 Sidney, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Sidney 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 Sidney:
- 44.395623, -69.802269
- 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 Sidney
- 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 Kennebec County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kennebec County
- Since West Sidney is near Lincoln County and also Somerset 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 Somerset 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 Sidney
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Sidney ...
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.
- Frenchs Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Frenchs Corner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchs Corner
- Granite Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Granite Hill is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Hill
- Island Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Island Park is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Park
- Kents Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Locks Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Locks Corner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locks Corner
- Randolph
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Summerhaven
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Summerhaven is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerhaven
- Tallwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tallwood is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallwood
- Wings Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wings Mills is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wings Mills
How Far From West Sidney 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 Sidney 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 Sidney and extending to:
- Augusta, which is the Seat of Kennebec County, lies just to the South.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies just to the south (S).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 531 miles [854.6 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from West Sidney to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 31 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,374 miles [8,648.6 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 6,087 miles [9,796.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,962 miles [6,376.2 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 Sidney) 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 Sidney 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 Sidney. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.3956, Longitude: -69.8023 In this case, the coordinates for West Sidney have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.874 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.685 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.895 degrees. |
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