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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 Allens Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Allens Mills 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 Allens Mills:
    • 43.408848, -71.451590
    • 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 Allens Mills
  • 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 Allens Mills ...

We found five communities that share the name Allens Mills.

Within New Hampshire, the name Allens Mills is unique.

Beyond New Hampshire, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Carroll 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 Georgia community of Allens Mills [Carroll County].
      • Elbert County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Allens Mills [Elbert County].
    • Maine
      • Franklin County
      • This Allens Mills is located in Franklin County and lies 113 miles [181.9 km]<2> to the northeast of the Allens Mills that is located in Belknap County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Allens Mills.
    • New Jersey
      • Warren County
      • This Allens Mills is located in Warren County and lies 263 miles [423.3 km]<2> to the southwest of the Allens Mills that is located in Belknap County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Allens Mills.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Jefferson County
      • This Allens Mills is located in Jefferson County and lies 409 miles [658.2 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Allens Mills that is located in Belknap County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Allens Mills.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Allens Mills ...

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.

  • Franklin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Hills Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hills Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Corner
    • Hills Corner is located in Merrimack County
  • Jones Mills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jones Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Mills
    • Jones Mills is located in Belknap County
  • Loon Cove
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loon Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loon Cove
    • Loon Cove is located in Belknap County
  • Mallard Cove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mallard Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Cove
    • Mallard Cove is located in Belknap County
  • Pearls Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pearls Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearls Corner
    • Pearls Corner is located in Merrimack County
  • Rings Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rings Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rings Corner
    • Rings Corner is located in Merrimack County
  • Shaker Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shaker Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
    • Shaker Village is located in Merrimack County
  • Wildwood Village
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wildwood Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Village
    • Wildwood Village is located in Belknap County

How Far From Allens Mills 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 Allens Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Allens Mills and extending to:

  • Laconia, which is the Seat of Belknap County, lies just to the North.
  • Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Allens Mills to Concord, with an average speed<6> 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.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 425 miles [684 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,480 miles [8,819.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,192 miles [9,965.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,067 miles [6,545.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

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

The official website for Belknap County: www.belknapcounty.org/

The official website for State of New Hampshire: https://www.nh.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 Allens Mills 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Allens Mills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Allens Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4088, Longitude: -71.4516    
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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.
<7>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 Allens Mills to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.052 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.834 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.208 degrees.




 

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