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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 Twin Lakes Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Twin Lakes Village 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 Twin Lakes Village:
    • 43.441185, -72.010918
    • 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 Twin Lakes 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 Sullivan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan County
    • Since Twin Lakes Village is near Merrimack County and also Grafton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Merrimack 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 Twin Lakes Village

Communities Also Named Twin Lakes Village ...

We found one communities that are also named Twin Lakes Village.

Within New Hampshire, the name Twin Lakes Village is unique.

Beyond New Hampshire, there is another community also named Twin Lakes Village in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New York
      • Westchester County
      • This Twin Lakes Village is located in Westchester County and lies 167 miles [268.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Twin Lakes Village that is located in Sullivan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westchester County community of Twin Lakes Village.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Twin Lakes 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.

  • Crockett Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Crockett Corner is located in Merrimack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Corner
  • Fords Mill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Fords Mill is located in Merrimack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Mill
  • Georges Mills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Guild
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Guild is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guild
  • Otterville
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Otterville is located in Merrimack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterville
  • Pages Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Pages Corner is located in Merrimack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pages Corner
  • Potter Place
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Potter Place is located in Merrimack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Place
  • Robinson Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Robinson Corner is located in Grafton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Corner
  • Shingle Mill Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Shingle Mill Corner is located in Merrimack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shingle Mill Corner

How Far From Twin Lakes Village 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 Twin Lakes Village to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Twin Lakes Village and extending to:

  • Newport, which is the Seat of Sullivan County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Twin Lakes Village to Newport, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast (SE). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 408 miles [656.6 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 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 5,502 miles [8,854.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,215 miles [10,002.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,090 miles [6,582.2 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- Twin Lakes Village) 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 Twin Lakes 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 Twin Lakes Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4412, Longitude: -72.0109       In this case, the coordinates for Twin Lakes Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.389 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.218 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.453 degrees.