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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 Cumberland Head, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cumberland Head 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 Cumberland Head:
- 44.715563, -73.405595
- 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 Cumberland Head
- 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 Clinton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton County
- Since Cumberland Head is near Grand Isle County and also Chittenden County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grand Isle County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chittenden 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 Cumberland Head
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cumberland Head ...
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.
- Beartown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Beartown is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
- Gordon Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gordon Landing is located in Grand Isle County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Landing
- Grand Isle
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Grand Isle Station
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Grand Isle Station is located in Grand Isle County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Isle Station
- Pearl
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Point
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rocky Point is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
- Salmon River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Salmon River is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon River
- South Hero
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Cumberland Head 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 Cumberland Head to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cumberland Head and extending to:
- Plattsburgh, which is the Seat of Clinton County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 143 miles [230.1 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Cumberland Head to Albany, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 442 miles [711.3 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,508 miles [8,864.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,230 miles [10,026.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,105 miles [6,606.4 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- Cumberland Head) 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 Cumberland Head 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 Cumberland Head. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7156, Longitude: -73.4056 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.066 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.192 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.471 degrees. |
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