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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 Mont Vernon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mont Vernon 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 Mont Vernon:
- 42.894529, -71.674239
- 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 Mont Vernon
- 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 Hillsborough County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hillsborough County
- Since Mont Vernon is near Middlesex County and also Merrimack County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Merrimack 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 Mont Vernon
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mont Vernon ...
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.
- Blood ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Blood is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blood
- Cricket Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cricket Corner is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cricket Corner
- Francestown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Greenfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Greenville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mason
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mason is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,433 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mason <1>
- Mountain Base
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Base is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Base
- Reeds Ferry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Reeds Ferry is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Ferry
- Tavern Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Tavern Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tavern Village
- Temple
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Woodland Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
How Far From Mont Vernon 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 Mont Vernon to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mont Vernon and extending to:
- Nashua, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Mont Vernon to Nashua, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 22 miles [35.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 392 miles [630.9 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 5,509 miles [8,865.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,219 miles [10,008.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,095 miles [6,590.3 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mont Vernon) 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 Mont Vernon 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 Mont Vernon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8945, Longitude: -71.6742 In this case, the coordinates for Mont Vernon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.266 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.987 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.577 degrees. |
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