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 Broad Acres:
42.768977, -71.506734
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 Broad Acres
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 Hillsborough County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found eight communities that are also named Broad Acres.
Within New Hampshire, the name Broad Acres is unique.
Beyond New Hampshire, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Connecticut
Hartford County
Although located in Hartford County, we don't know the location within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hartford County community of Broad Acres.
Delaware
Sussex County
This Broad Acres is located in Sussex County and lies 355 miles [571.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Broad Acres that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Broad Acres.
Georgia
Clarke County
This Broad Acres is located in Clarke County and lies 884 miles [1,422.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Broad Acres that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Broad Acres.
Michigan
Macomb County
This Broad Acres is located in Macomb County and lies 578 miles [930.2 km]<1> to the west of the Broad Acres that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macomb County community of Broad Acres.
North Carolina
Alamance County
This Broad Acres is located in Alamance County and lies 626 miles [1,007.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Broad Acres that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alamance County community of Broad Acres.
Cumberland County
This Broad Acres is located in Cumberland County and lies 662 miles [1,065.4 km] to the southwest of the Broad Acres that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Broad Acres.
Pennsylvania
Mercer County
This Broad Acres is located in Mercer County and lies 453 miles [729 km]<1> to the west of the Broad Acres that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Broad Acres.
Tennessee
Knox County
This Broad Acres is located in Knox County and lies 813 miles [1,308.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Broad Acres that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Broad Acres.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Broad Acres ...
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.
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 Broad Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Broad Acres and extending to:
Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Broad Acres to Concord, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 393 miles [632.5 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 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,507 miles [8,862.7 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 4,092 miles [6,585.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Broad Acres) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Broad Acres 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 Broad Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7690, Longitude: -71.5067 In this case, the coordinates for Broad Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.183 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.873 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.564 degrees.