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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 Goodrich Four Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Goodrich Four Corners 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 Goodrich Four Corners:
- 43.755070, -72.279257
- 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 Goodrich Four Corners
- 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 Goodrich Four Corners is near Grafton County and also Orange County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grafton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orange 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 Goodrich Four Corners
Curious and Interesting Names Near Goodrich Four Corners ...
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
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bragg is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg
- Centertown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Centertown is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
- Centerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Copper Flat
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Copper Flat is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Flat
- Copperfield ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Copperfield is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperfield
- Hardscrabble
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hardscrabble is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardscrabble
- Lyme
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lyme is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyme
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,685 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lyme <1>
- Lyme Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lyme Center is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyme Center
- Post Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Post Mills is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Mills
- Union Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Union Village is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village
How Far From Goodrich Four Corners 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 Goodrich Four Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Goodrich Four Corners and extending to:
- Woodstock, which is the Seat of Windsor County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Goodrich Four Corners to Woodstock, with an average speed<3> 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 37 miles [59.5 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 416 miles [669.5 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,500 miles [8,851.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,216 miles [10,003.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,091 miles [6,583.8 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 '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- Goodrich Four Corners) 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 Goodrich Four Corners 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 Goodrich Four Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.7551, Longitude: -72.2793 In this case, the coordinates for Goodrich Four Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.507 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.403 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.418 degrees. |
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