Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 East Grantham:
  • 43.486740, -72.117865
  • 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 East Grantham

• 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 East Grantham is near Merrimack County and also Grafton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Merrimack 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 East Grantham

Curious and Interesting Names Near East Grantham ...

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 Flat
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Cornish Flat is located in Sullivan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish Flat
• Crockett Corner
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Crockett Corner is located in Merrimack County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Corner
• Georges Mills
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Georges Mills is located in Sullivan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georges Mills
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Georges Mills <1>
• Guild
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Guild is located in Sullivan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guild
• Lockehaven
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Lockehaven is located in Grafton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockehaven
• Lower Shaker Village
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Lower Shaker Village is located in Grafton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Shaker Village
• Mill Hollow
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Mill Hollow is located in Sullivan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Hollow
• Otterville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Otterville is located in Merrimack County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterville
• Robinson Corner
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Robinson Corner is located in Grafton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Corner
• Twin Lakes Village
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Twin Lakes Village is located in Sullivan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes Village
• Upper Shaker Village
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Upper Shaker Village is located in Grafton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Shaker Village

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

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

• Newport, which is the Seat of Sullivan County, lies just to the South Southwest.
• Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 35 miles [56.3 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from East Grantham to Concord, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 406 miles [653.4 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 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 5,504 miles [8,857.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,218 miles [10,006.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,093 miles [6,587 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'