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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 Amsden, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Amsden 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 Amsden:
- 43.405906, -72.505924
- 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 Amsden
- 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 Windsor County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Windsor County
- Since Amsden is near Sullivan County and also Windham County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Windham 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 Amsden
Communities Also Named Amsden ...
We found three communities that are also named Amsden.
Within Vermont, the name Amsden is unique.
Beyond Vermont, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Montcalm County
- This Amsden is located in Montcalm County and lies 633 miles [1,018.7 km]<1> to the west of the Amsden that is located in Windsor County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montcalm County community of Amsden.
- Ohio
- Seneca County
- This Amsden is located in Seneca County and lies 572 miles [920.5 km]<1> to the west of the Amsden that is located in Windsor County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Seneca County community of Amsden.
- Williams County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Amsden [Williams County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Amsden ...
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.
- Cornish
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cornish City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cornish City is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish City
- Cornish Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cornish Mills is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish Mills
- Downers
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Downers is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downers
- Fieldsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fieldsville is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsville
- Greenbush
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Greenbush is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- Nelsons Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Nelsons Corner is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsons Corner
- Sheddsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sheddsville is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheddsville
- Spoonerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Spoonerville is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spoonerville
How Far From Amsden to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Amsden to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Amsden and extending to:
- Woodstock, which is the Seat of Windsor County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Amsden to Woodstock, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Montpelier, which is the State Capital of Vermont, lies 59 miles [95 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 390 miles [627.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,523 miles [8,888.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- 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).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,113 miles [6,619.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Amsden) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Amsden could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Amsden 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 Amsden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4059, Longitude: -72.5059 In this case, the coordinates for Amsden have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.698 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.559 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.703 degrees. |
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