Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Cornish Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cornish Center and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Cornish Center

• 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 Cornish Center:
  • 43.482850, -72.319535
  • 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 Cornish Center

• 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 Sullivan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan County
  • Since Cornish Center is near Windsor County and also Grafton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Windsor County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Grafton 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 Cornish Center

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cornish Center ...

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.

• Cornish
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Cornish is located in Sullivan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,616 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cornish <1>
• Cornish City
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Cornish City is located in Sullivan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish City
• Cornish Flat
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Cornish Flat is located in Sullivan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish Flat
• Cornish Mills
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Cornish Mills is located in Sullivan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish Mills
• Fieldsville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Fieldsville is located in Windsor County (VT)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsville
• Hartland
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Hartland is located in Windsor County (VT)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hartland <1>
• Hartland Four Corners
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Hartland Four Corners is located in Windsor County (VT)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland Four Corners
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hartland Four Corners <1>
• Hell Hollow
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Hell Hollow is located in Sullivan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hell Hollow
• Mill Hollow
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Mill Hollow is located in Sullivan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Hollow

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cornish Center and extending to:

• Newport, which is the Seat of Sullivan County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cornish Center to Newport, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 43 miles [69.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 400 miles [643.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,513 miles [8,872.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,227 miles [10,021.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,102 miles [6,601.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'