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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 Chichester, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chichester 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 Chichester:
- 43.249349, -71.399802
- 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 Chichester
- 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 Chichester is near Belknap County and also Rockingham 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 Rockingham 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 Chichester
Communities Also Named Chichester ...
We found three communities that are also named Chichester.
Within New Hampshire, the name Chichester is unique.
Beyond New Hampshire, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New York
- Greene 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 New York community of Chichester [Greene County].
- Ulster County
- This Chichester is located in Ulster County and lies 167 miles [268.8 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Chichester that is located in Merrimack County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ulster County community of Chichester.
- Quebec
- This Chichester lies 335 miles [539.1 km]<2> to the northwest of the Chichester that is located in Merrimack County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chichester ...
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
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bow Bog
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bow Bog is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Bog
- Bow Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bow Center is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Center
- Bow Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bow Junction is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Junction
- Hills Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hills Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Corner
- Horse Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- James City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- James City is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James City
- Jones Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jones Mills is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Mills
- Pearls Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pearls Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearls Corner
- Rings Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rings Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rings Corner
- Shaker Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Shaker Village is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- Short Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Short Falls is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Falls
- Suncook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
How Far From Chichester 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 Chichester to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Chichester and extending to:
- Concord, which is the Seat of Merrimack County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies just to the west southwest (WSW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 419 miles [674.3 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Chichester to White House, with an average speed<4>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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,484 miles [8,825.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,195 miles [9,969.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,071 miles [6,551.6 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 Chichester 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' (or 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- Chichester) 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 Chichester 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 Chichester. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.2493, Longitude: -71.3998 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.045 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.80 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.267 degrees. |
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