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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 Piermont, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Piermont 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 Piermont:
- 43.969789, -72.080644
- 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 Piermont
- 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 Grafton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grafton County
- Since Piermont is near Orange County and also Caledonia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orange 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 Piermont
Communities Also Named Piermont ...
We found four communities that are also named Piermont.
Within New Hampshire, the name Piermont is unique.
Beyond New Hampshire, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Louisiana
- Red River Parish
- This Piermont is located in Red River Parish and lies 1,414 miles [2,275.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Piermont that is located in Grafton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Red River Parish community of Piermont.
- Nevada
- White Pine County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Piermont [White Pine County].
- New York
- Rockland County
- This Piermont is located in Rockland County and lies 222 miles [357.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Piermont that is located in Grafton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockland County community of Piermont.
- Vermont
- Orange County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Piermont [Orange County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Piermont ...
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.
- Breezy Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Breezy Point is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Point
- Brimstone Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Brimstone Corner is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimstone Corner
- Cookville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cookville is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookville
- Copperfield ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Copperfield is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperfield
- Hardscrabble
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hardscrabble is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardscrabble
- Lyme
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lyme Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lyme Center is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyme Center
- Mountain Lakes
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Lakes is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lakes
- Peach Four Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Peach Four Corners is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Four Corners
- Pike
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pike is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike
- Post Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Post Mills is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Mills
- Swiftwater
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Swiftwater is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swiftwater
- Waits River
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Waits River is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waits River
How Far From Piermont 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 Piermont to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Piermont and extending to:
- Woodsville, which is the Seat of Grafton County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Piermont to Woodsville, with an average speed<5> 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 59 miles [95 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 433 miles [696.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,484 miles [8,825.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,200 miles [9,977.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,075 miles [6,558.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Piermont) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Piermont, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Piermont 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Piermont 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 Piermont. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9698, Longitude: -72.0806 In this case, the coordinates for Piermont have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.352 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.266 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.213 degrees. |
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