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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 Squag City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Squag City 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 Squag City:
- 43.516182, -72.371480
- 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 Squag City
- 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 Squag City is near Windsor County and also Grafton 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 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 Squag City
Curious and Interesting Names Near Squag City ...
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
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cornish Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cornish Center is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish Center
- Cornish City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cornish City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish City
- Cornish Flat
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cornish Flat is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish Flat
- Cornish Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cornish Mills is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish Mills
- Fieldsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fieldsville is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsville
- Hartland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hartland Four Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hell Hollow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hell Hollow is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hell Hollow
How Far From Squag City 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 Squag City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Squag City and extending to:
- Newport, which is the Seat of Sullivan County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Squag City to Newport, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 47 miles [75.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 400 miles [643.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving 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 5,513 miles [8,872.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,228 miles [10,023 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,103 miles [6,603.1 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- Squag City) 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 Squag City 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 Squag City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.5162, Longitude: -72.3715 In this case, the coordinates for Squag City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.599 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.467 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.584 degrees. |
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