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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 South Stoddard, we use the following websites to find information relevant to South Stoddard 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 South Stoddard:
    • 43.040080, -72.071749
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on South Stoddard
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Curious and Interesting Names Near South Stoddard ...

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
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Box Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Corner
    • Box Corner is located in Merrimack County
  • Chase Village
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chase Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Village
    • Chase Village is located in Hillsborough County
  • Christian Hollow
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Christian Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christian Hollow
    • Christian Hollow is located in Cheshire County
  • Dodge Hollow
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dodge Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge Hollow
    • Dodge Hollow is located in Sullivan County
  • Dodge Tavern
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dodge Tavern have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge Tavern
    • Dodge Tavern is located in Cheshire County
  • Dublin
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dublin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
    • Dublin is located in Cheshire County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,555 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dublin <2>
  • Francestown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Greenfield
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Happy Valley
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Happy Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
    • Happy Valley is located in Hillsborough County
  • Lynn
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lynn have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
    • Lynn is located in Sullivan County
  • Mill Hollow
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mill Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Hollow
    • Mill Hollow is located in Cheshire County
  • Nelson
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
    • Nelson is located in Cheshire County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 740 people
  • Slab City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slab City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
    • Slab City is located in Hillsborough County

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in South Stoddard and extending to:

  • Keene, which is the Seat of Cheshire County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from South Stoddard to Keene, with an average speed<4> 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 29 miles [46.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 385 miles [619.6 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 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,520 miles [8,883.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,232 miles [10,029.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • 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).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for South Stoddard. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Cheshire County: www.co.cheshire.nh.us/

The official website for State of New Hampshire: https://www.nh.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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- South Stoddard) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in South Stoddard. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0401, Longitude: -72.0717       In this case, the coordinates for South Stoddard have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.
<5>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 South Stoddard to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.486 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.259 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.686 degrees.









 

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