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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 Georges, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Georges 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 Georges:
- 44.783382, -71.580643
- 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 Georges
- 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 Georges is near Essex County and also Caledonia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Essex 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 Georges
Communities Also Named Georges ...
We found one communities that are also named Georges.
Within New Hampshire, the name Georges is unique.
Beyond New Hampshire, there is another community also named Georges in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- South Carolina
- Colleton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Georges [Colleton County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Georges ...
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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bullthroat is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullthroat
- Cones
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cones is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cones
- Island Pond
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Kidderville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kidderville is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidderville
- Lost Nation
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lost Nation is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Nation
- Maidstone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Maidstone is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maidstone
- Masons
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Masons is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masons
- Stewartstown Hollow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Stewartstown Hollow is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartstown Hollow
- Tinkerville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Tinkerville is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinkerville
- Upper Kidderville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Upper Kidderville is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Kidderville
How Far From Georges 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 Georges to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Georges and extending to:
- Lancaster, which is the Seat of Coos County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Georges to Lancaster, with an average speed<4> 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 108 miles [173.8 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 493 miles [793.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,432 miles [8,742 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,150 miles [9,897.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,026 miles [6,479.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Georges could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Georges) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Georges 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 Georges. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7834, Longitude: -71.5806 In this case, the coordinates for Georges have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.911 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.911 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.542 degrees. |
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