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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 Allenstown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Allenstown 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 Allenstown:
- 43.157907, -71.405709
- 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 Allenstown
- 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 Merrimack County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Merrimack County
- Since Allenstown is near Rockingham County and also Hillsborough County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rockingham County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hillsborough 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 Allenstown
Curious and Interesting Names Near Allenstown ...
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.
- Bow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bow Bog
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bow Bog is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Bog
- Bow Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bow Center is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Center
- Bow Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bow Junction is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Junction
- Horse Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- James City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- James City is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James City
- Martin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Martin is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Martins Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Martins Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Corner
- Short Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Short Falls is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Falls
- Suncook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Allenstown 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 Allenstown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Allenstown and extending to:
- Concord, which is the Seat of Merrimack County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies just to the west northwest (WNW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 415 miles [667.9 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Allenstown to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 24 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,487 miles [8,830.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,199 miles [9,976.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,074 miles [6,556.5 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Allenstown) 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 Allenstown 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 Allenstown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1579, Longitude: -71.4057 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.063 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.804 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.317 degrees. |
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