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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 Canterbury Station, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Canterbury Station 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 Canterbury Station:
- 43.328690, -71.608686
- 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 Canterbury Station
- 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 Canterbury Station is near Belknap County and also Hillsborough County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Belknap 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 Canterbury Station
Communities Also Named Canterbury Station ...
We found two communities that are also named Canterbury Station.
Within New Hampshire, the name Canterbury Station is unique.
Beyond New Hampshire, we know of two communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- Windham 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 Connecticut community of Canterbury Station [Windham County].
- New Brunswick
- This Canterbury Station lies 269 miles [432.9 km]<2> to the northeast of the Canterbury Station that is located in Merrimack County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Canterbury Station ...
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.
- Dingit Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dingit Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dingit Corner
- Franklin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hills Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hills Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Corner
- Pearls Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pearls Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearls Corner
- Salisbury
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Salisbury Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Salisbury Heights is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury Heights
- Scribners Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Scribners Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scribners Corner
- Shaker Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Shaker Village is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- Swetts Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Swetts Mills is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swetts Mills
How Far From Canterbury Station 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 Canterbury Station to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Canterbury Station and extending to:
- Concord, which is the Seat of Merrimack County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Canterbury Station to Concord, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 9 miles [14.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 416 miles [669.5 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 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,489 miles [8,833.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,202 miles [9,981.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,077 miles [6,561.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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 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 Canterbury Station 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Canterbury Station) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Canterbury Station 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 Canterbury Station. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.3287, Longitude: -71.6087 In this case, the coordinates for Canterbury Station have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.16 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.942 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.323 degrees. |
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