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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 Tappan Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tappan Corners 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 Tappan Corners:
- 42.910644, -70.989779
- 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 Tappan Corners
- 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 Rockingham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rockingham County
- Since Tappan Corners is near Essex County and also Strafford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Essex County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Strafford 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 Tappan Corners
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tappan Corners ...
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.
- Brick School Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Brick School Corner is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick School Corner
- Crane Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Crane Crossing is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane Crossing
- Danville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Five Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Five Corners is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Fogg Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fogg Corners is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fogg Corners
- Marshall Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Marshall Corner is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Corner
- Powwow River
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Powwow River is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powwow River
- Rocks Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rocks Village is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocks Village
- Salisbury Plains
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Salisbury Plains is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury Plains
- Salisbury Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Salisbury Point is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury Point
- Town Hall Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Town Hall Corner is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Hall Corner
How Far From Tappan Corners 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 Tappan Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tappan Corners and extending to:
- Exeter, which is the Seat of Rockingham County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Tappan Corners 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 about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 419 miles [674.3 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 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,479 miles [8,817.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,189 miles [9,960.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,065 miles [6,542 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- Tappan Corners) 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 Tappan Corners 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 Tappan Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9106, Longitude: -70.9898 In this case, the coordinates for Tappan Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.849 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.522 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.254 degrees. |
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