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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 Cornish Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cornish Mills 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 Cornish Mills:
- 43.464516, -72.368979
- 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 Mills
- 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 Mills 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 Mills
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cornish Mills ...
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
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cornish Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cornish Center is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish Center
- Cornish City
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cornish City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish City
- Cornish Flat
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cornish Flat is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish Flat
- Fieldsville
(6 miles [9.7 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 north)
- Hartland Four Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hell Hollow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hell Hollow is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hell Hollow
- Nelsons Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nelsons Corner is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsons Corner
- Puckershire
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Puckershire is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckershire
- Sheddsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sheddsville is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheddsville
How Far From Cornish Mills 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 Mills 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 Mills and extending to:
- Newport, which is the Seat of Sullivan County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cornish Mills to Newport, with an average speed<3> 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.
- Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 45 miles [72.4 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 most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 397 miles [638.9 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 5,515 miles [8,875.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,230 miles [10,026.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,105 miles [6,606.4 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 '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- Cornish Mills) 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 Cornish Mills 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 Cornish Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4645, Longitude: -72.3690 In this case, the coordinates for Cornish Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.606 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.465 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.609 degrees. |
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