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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 Puckershire, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Puckershire and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Puckershire:
    • 43.356185, -72.315645
    • 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 Puckershire
  • 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 Puckershire is near Windsor County and also Merrimack County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Windsor 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 Puckershire

Curious and Interesting Names Near Puckershire ...

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
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Cornish Center
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Cornish Center is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish Center
  • Cornish City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Cornish City is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish City
  • Cornish Flat
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Cornish Flat is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish Flat
  • Cornish Mills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Cornish Mills is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish Mills
  • Crescent Lake
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Crescent Lake is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Lake
  • Downers
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Downers is located in Windsor County (VT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downers
  • Guild
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Guild is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guild
  • Hardscrabble Corner
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Hardscrabble Corner is located in Windsor County (VT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardscrabble Corner
  • Hemlock Center
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Hemlock Center is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock Center
  • Lynn
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Lynn is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
  • Nelsons Corner
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Nelsons Corner is located in Windsor County (VT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsons Corner
  • Quaker City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Quaker City is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker City
  • Unity
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Unity is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,616 people

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

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

  • Newport, which is the Seat of Sullivan County, lies just to the East.
  • Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Puckershire to Concord, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over 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 393 miles [632.5 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 5,517 miles [8,878.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,231 miles [10,027.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,107 miles [6,609.6 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' (or 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- Puckershire) 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 Puckershire 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 Puckershire. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.3562, Longitude: -72.3156       In this case, the coordinates for Puckershire have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.589 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.428 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.639 degrees.