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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 Cutts Grant, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cutts Grant 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 Cutts Grant:
- 44.206733, -71.337575
- 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 Cutts Grant
- 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 Coos County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coos County
- Since Cutts Grant is near Carroll County and also Grafton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll 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 Cutts Grant
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cutts Grant ...
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.
- Cooks Crossing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cooks Crossing is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Crossing
- Ducks Head
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ducks Head is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ducks Head
- Glen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Glen is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Glen House
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Glen House is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen House
- Greens Grant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Greens Grant is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Grant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1 people
- Harts Location
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Livermore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Livermore is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
- Low and Burbanks Grant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Martins Location
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Martins Location is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Location
- Notchland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Notchland is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notchland
- Rogers Crossing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rogers Crossing is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Crossing
- Stillwater
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stillwater is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
- Twin Mountain
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Cutts Grant 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 Cutts Grant to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cutts Grant and extending to:
- Lancaster, which is the Seat of Coos County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cutts Grant to Lancaster, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 69 miles [111 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 469 miles [754.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,444 miles [8,761.3 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 6,160 miles [9,913.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,035 miles [6,493.7 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cutts Grant) 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 Cutts Grant 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 Cutts Grant. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.2067, Longitude: -71.3376 In this case, the coordinates for Cutts Grant have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.855 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.749 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.733 degrees. |
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