Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Port Douglass, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Port Douglass and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Port Douglass

• 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 Port Douglass:
  • 44.482805, -73.418061
  • 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 Port Douglass

• 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 Essex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Essex County
  • Since Port Douglass is near Clinton County and also Chittenden County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton 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 Port Douglass

Curious and Interesting Names Near Port Douglass ...

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.

• Deerhead
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Deerhead is located in Essex County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerhead
• Green Street
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Green Street is located in Essex County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Street
• Malletts Bay
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Malletts Bay is located in Chittenden County (VT)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malletts Bay
  • Malletts Bay has also been known as:
  • Malets Bay
  • Maletts Bay
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Malletts Bay
  • From Port Douglass to Malletts Bay
• Peru
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Peru is located in Clinton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peru <1>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Peru
  • From Port Douglass to Peru
• Queen City Park
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Queen City Park is located in Chittenden County (VT)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City Park
• Redstone Park
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Redstone Park is located in Chittenden County (VT)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redstone Park
• Rogers
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Rogers is located in Clinton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
• Salmon River
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Salmon River is located in Clinton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon River
• Shipman Hill
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Shipman Hill is located in Chittenden County (VT)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shipman Hill
• Twin Orchards
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Twin Orchards is located in Chittenden County (VT)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Orchards

How Far From Port Douglass 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 Port Douglass to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Port Douglass and extending to:

• Elizabethtown, which is the Seat of Essex County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Port Douglass to Elizabethtown, 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.
• Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 127 miles [204.4 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 428 miles [688.8 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,518 miles [8,880.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,238 miles [10,039.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,114 miles [6,620.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'