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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 Sachem Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sachem Village 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 Sachem Village:
- 43.683126, -72.285646
- 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 Sachem Village
- 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 Sachem Village is near Windsor County and also Sullivan 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 Sullivan 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 Sachem Village
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sachem Village ...
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.
- Bragg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bragg is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg
- Centertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Centertown is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
- Centerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Centerville is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Copper Flat
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Copper Flat is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Flat
- Hartland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hartland Four Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hell Hollow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hell Hollow is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hell Hollow
- Lockehaven
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lockehaven is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockehaven
- Lower Shaker Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lower Shaker Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Shaker Village
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Lyme
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lyme Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lyme Center is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyme Center
- Mill Hollow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mill Hollow is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Hollow
- Pomfret
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pomfret is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomfret
- Union Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Union Village is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village
- Upper Shaker Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Shaker Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Shaker Village
How Far From Sachem Village 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 Sachem Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sachem Village and extending to:
- Woodsville, which is the Seat of Grafton County, lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sachem Village to Woodsville, 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 about two full days.
- Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 49 miles [78.9 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 most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 412 miles [663 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 6,219 miles [10,008.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,094 miles [6,588.7 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sachem Village) 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 Sachem Village 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 Sachem Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6831, Longitude: -72.2856 In this case, the coordinates for Sachem Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.522 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.408 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.458 degrees. |
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