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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 Ryder Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ryder Corner 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 Ryder Corner:
    • 43.405352, -72.127864
    • 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 Ryder Corner
  • 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 Ryder Corner is near Merrimack County and also Grafton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Merrimack County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Grafton 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 Ryder Corner

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ryder Corner ...

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.

  • Box Corner
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Box Corner is located in Merrimack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Corner
  • Cornish Center
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Cornish Center is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish Center
  • Cornish City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Cornish City is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish City
  • Cornish Flat
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Cornish Flat is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish Flat
  • Crescent Lake
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Crescent Lake is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Lake
  • Crockett Corner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Crockett Corner is located in Merrimack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Corner
  • Georges Mills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Guild
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Guild is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guild
  • Otterville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Otterville is located in Merrimack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterville
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Pages Corner
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Pages Corner is located in Merrimack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pages Corner
    • Puckershire
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Puckershire is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckershire
    • Robinson Corner
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Robinson Corner is located in Grafton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Corner
    • Shingle Mill Corner
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Shingle Mill Corner is located in Merrimack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shingle Mill Corner
    • Twin Lakes Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Twin Lakes Village is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes Village
    • Unity
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Unity is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,616 people

How Far From Ryder Corner to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Ryder Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Newport, which is the Seat of Sullivan County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Ryder Corner to Concord, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 402 miles [647 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 5,508 miles [8,864.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,221 miles [10,011.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,097 miles [6,593.5 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ryder Corner) 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 Ryder Corner 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 Ryder Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4054, Longitude: -72.1279       In this case, the coordinates for Ryder Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.466 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.299 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.526 degrees.