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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 Alderbrook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Alderbrook 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 Alderbrook:
- 44.326728, -71.696476
- 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 Alderbrook
- 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 Grafton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grafton County
- Since Alderbrook is near Coos County and also Essex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coos County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Essex 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 Alderbrook
Communities Also Named Alderbrook ...
We found two communities that are also named Alderbrook.
Within New Hampshire, the name Alderbrook is unique.
Beyond New Hampshire, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Mobile County
- This Alderbrook is located in Mobile County and lies 1,305 miles [2,100.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Alderbrook that is located in Grafton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mobile County community of Alderbrook.
- Maine
- Somerset 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 Maine community of Alderbrook [Somerset County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Alderbrook ...
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.
- Baptist Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Baptist Hill is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptist Hill
- Five Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Five Corners is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Littleton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Maplewood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Maplewood is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Miles Pond
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Miles Pond is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Pond
- Pierce Bridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pierce Bridge is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Bridge
- Sugar Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Texas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Texas is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
- Twin Mountain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Alderbrook to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Alderbrook to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Alderbrook and extending to:
- Woodsville, which is the Seat of Grafton County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Alderbrook to Woodsville, with an average speed<4> 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.
- Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 77 miles [123.9 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 465 miles [748.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,454 miles [8,777.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,171 miles [9,931.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,046 miles [6,511.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Alderbrook) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Alderbrook 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 Alderbrook 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 Alderbrook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.3267, Longitude: -71.6965 In this case, the coordinates for Alderbrook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.057 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.997 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.842 degrees. |
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