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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 Warner's Grant, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Warner's Grant 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 Warner's Grant:
- 44.916714, -71.907873
- 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 Warner's Grant
- 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 Warner's Grant is near Orleans County and also Caledonia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orleans County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caledonia 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 Warner's Grant
Curious and Interesting Names Near Warner's Grant ...
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.
- Cedarville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Derby Line
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Graniteville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Griffin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Holland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Holland is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Island Pond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Judd's Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kingscroft
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Ladd's Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Libbytown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lost Nation
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Lost Nation is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Nation
- Orleans
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Island
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Warner's Grant 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 Warner's Grant to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Warner's Grant and extending to:
- Guildhall, which is the Seat of Essex County, lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Warner's Grant to Guildhall, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Montpelier, which is the State Capital of Vermont, lies 55 miles [88.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 491 miles [790.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,440 miles [8,754.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,159 miles [9,911.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,035 miles [6,493.7 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- Warner's Grant) 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 Warner's Grant 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 Warner's Grant. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9167, Longitude: -71.9079 In this case, the coordinates for Warner's Grant have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.093 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.138 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.631 degrees. |
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