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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 Tinkerville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tinkerville 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 Tinkerville:
- 44.780605, -71.583421
- 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 Tinkerville
- 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 Coos County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coos County
- Since Tinkerville is near Essex County and also Caledonia 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 Caledonia 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 Tinkerville
Communities Also Named Tinkerville ...
We found two communities that are also named Tinkerville.
There is one other community in New Hampshire that is also named Tinkerville.
Beyond New Hampshire, there is another community also named Tinkerville in the United States.
- Communities Located In New Hampshire ...
- Grafton County
- This Tinkerville is located in Grafton County and lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Tinkerville that is located in Coos County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grafton County community of Tinkerville.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Missouri
- Dunklin County
- This Tinkerville is located in Dunklin County and lies 1,128 miles [1,815.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Tinkerville that is located in Coos County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dunklin County community of Tinkerville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tinkerville ...
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.
- Bullthroat
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bullthroat is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullthroat
- Cones
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cones is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cones
- Georges
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Georges is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georges
- Guildhall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Island Pond
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Kidderville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kidderville is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidderville
- Lost Nation
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lost Nation is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Nation
- Maidstone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Maidstone is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maidstone
- Masons
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Masons is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masons
- Stewartstown Hollow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Stewartstown Hollow is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartstown Hollow
- Upper Kidderville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Upper Kidderville is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Kidderville
How Far From Tinkerville 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 Tinkerville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Tinkerville and extending to:
- Lancaster, which is the Seat of Coos County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Tinkerville to Lancaster, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 108 miles [173.8 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 493 miles [793.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,432 miles [8,742 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 6,150 miles [9,897.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,026 miles [6,479.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tinkerville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Tinkerville 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 Tinkerville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7806, Longitude: -71.5834 In this case, the coordinates for Tinkerville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.913 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.913 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.545 degrees. |
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