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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 Whitefield, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Whitefield 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 Whitefield:
    • 44.170074, -69.625322
    • 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 Whitefield
  • 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 Lincoln County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
    • Since Whitefield is near Kennebec County and also Sagadahoc County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kennebec County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sagadahoc 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 Whitefield

Communities Also Named Whitefield ...

We found nine communities that are also named Whitefield.

Within Maine, the name Whitefield is unique.

Beyond Maine, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Lincoln County
      • This Whitefield is located in Lincoln County and lies 1,369 miles [2,203.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Whitefield that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Whitefield.
    • Illinois
      • Bureau County
      • This Whitefield is located in Bureau County and lies 1,028 miles [1,654.4 km]<1> to the west of the Whitefield that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bureau County community of Whitefield.
    • Iowa
      • Jefferson County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Whitefield [Jefferson County].
    • Kansas
      • Shawnee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Whitefield [Shawnee County].
    • Montana
      • Missoula County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Whitefield [Missoula County].
    • New Hampshire
      • Coos County
      • This Whitefield is located in Coos County and lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<1> to the west of the Whitefield that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coos County community of Whitefield.
    • Oklahoma
      • Haskell County
      • This Whitefield is located in Haskell County and lies 1,485 miles [2,389.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Whitefield that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Haskell County community of Whitefield.
    • South Carolina
      • Spartanburg County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Whitefield [Spartanburg County].
    • Virginia
      • Salem City
      • This Whitefield is located in Salem City and lies 722 miles [1,161.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Whitefield that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salem City community of Whitefield.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Whitefield ...

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.

  • Cedar Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedar Grove is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
  • Flanders Corner
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Flanders Corner is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flanders Corner
  • Halls Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Halls Corner is located in Kennebec County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Corner
  • Hatchs Corner
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Hatchs Corner is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchs Corner
  • Head Tide
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Head Tide is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head Tide
  • Iceboro
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Iceboro is located in Sagadahoc County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iceboro
  • Jones Corner
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jones Corner is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Corner
  • Kennedy Corner
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Kennedy Corner is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Corner
  • Libby Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Libby Hill is located in Kennebec County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libby Hill
  • Randolph
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Whitefield and extending to:

  • Wiscasset, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Whitefield to Wiscasset, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 528 miles [849.7 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 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,375 miles [8,650.2 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 6,087 miles [9,796.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • 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).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Whitefield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Whitefield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Whitefield 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Whitefield 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 Whitefield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.1701, Longitude: -69.6253       In this case, the coordinates for Whitefield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.806 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.57 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.937 degrees.