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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 East Thetford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Thetford 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 East Thetford:
    • 43.811737, -72.188701
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on East Thetford
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named East Thetford ...

We found one communities that share the name East Thetford.

Within Vermont, the name East Thetford is unique.

Beyond Vermont, there is another community also named East Thetford in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Michigan
      • Genesee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of East Thetford [Genesee County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near East Thetford ...

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.

  • Bragg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bragg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg
    • Bragg is located in Windsor County
  • Brimstone Corner
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brimstone Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimstone Corner
    • Brimstone Corner is located in Orange County
  • Copper Flat
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copper Flat have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Flat
    • Copper Flat is located in Orange County
  • Copperfield ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copperfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperfield
    • Copperfield is located in Orange County
  • Hardscrabble
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hardscrabble have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardscrabble
    • Hardscrabble is located in Grafton County (NH)
  • Lyme
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyme
    • Lyme is located in Grafton County (NH)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,685 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lyme <3>
  • Lyme Center
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyme Center
    • Lyme Center is located in Grafton County (NH)
  • Post Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Mills
    • Post Mills is located in Orange County
  • Union Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village
    • Union Village is located in Orange County

How Far From East Thetford 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 East Thetford to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in East Thetford and extending to:

  • Chelsea, which is the Seat of Orange County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<4> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from East Thetford to Chelsea, with an average speed<5> 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 five to six hours.
  • Montpelier, which is the State Capital of Vermont, lies 36 miles [57.9 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 422 miles [679.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,494 miles [8,841.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,210 miles [9,994 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,085 miles [6,574.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for East Thetford. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Vermont: https://www.vermont.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 East Thetford 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.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- East Thetford) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in East Thetford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.8117, Longitude: -72.1887       In this case, the coordinates for East Thetford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 East Thetford to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.443 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.341 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.346 degrees.




 

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