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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 North Grantham, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Grantham 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 North Grantham:
- 43.529787, -72.132509
- 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 North 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 North Grantham is near Grafton County and also Merrimack County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grafton 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 North Grantham
Curious and Interesting Names Near North 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 Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cornish Center is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish Center
- Cornish Flat
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cornish Flat is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish Flat
- Georges Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hell Hollow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hell Hollow is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hell Hollow
- Lockehaven
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lower Shaker Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lower Shaker Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Shaker Village
- Mill Hollow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mill Hollow is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Hollow
- Otterville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Otterville is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterville
- Robinson Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Robinson Corner is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Corner
- Twin Lakes Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Lakes Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes Village
- Upper Shaker Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Upper Shaker Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Shaker Village
How Far From North Grantham to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as North 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 North Grantham and extending to:
- Newport, which is the Seat of Sullivan County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from North Grantham 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 37 miles [59.5 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 408 miles [656.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,503 miles [8,856.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,217 miles [10,005.3 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>'
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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- North Grantham) 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 North Grantham 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 North Grantham. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.5298, Longitude: -72.1325 In this case, the coordinates for North Grantham have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.451 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.302 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.465 degrees. |
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