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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 Maidstone, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Maidstone 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 Maidstone:
- 44.640053, -71.607865
- 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 Maidstone
- 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 Essex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Essex County
- Since Maidstone is near Coos County and also Caledonia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coos County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caledonia 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 Maidstone
Curious and Interesting Names Near Maidstone ...
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.
- Bullthroat
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bullthroat is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullthroat
- Georges
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Georges is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georges
- Guildhall
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lost Nation
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lost Nation is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Nation
- Maidstone
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Maidstone is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maidstone
- Masons
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Masons is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masons
- Moccasin Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Moccasin Mill is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moccasin Mill
- Stark
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Tinkerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Tinkerville is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinkerville
How Far From Maidstone 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 Maidstone to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Maidstone and extending to:
- Guildhall, which is the Seat of Essex County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Montpelier, which is the State Capital of Vermont, lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Maidstone to Montpelier, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 484 miles [778.9 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 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,438 miles [8,751.6 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 6,156 miles [9,907.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,032 miles [6,488.9 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 from Point A (ie- Maidstone) 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 Maidstone 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 Maidstone. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6401, Longitude: -71.6079 In this case, the coordinates for Maidstone have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.951 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.932 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.632 degrees. |
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