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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.

  • 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 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Chichester
  • 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 Chichester ...

We found three communities that share the name Chichester.

Within New Hampshire, the name Chichester is unique.

Beyond New Hampshire, we know of another three communities that are located throughout 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
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow
    • Bow is located in Merrimack County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,063 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bow <4>
  • Bow Bog
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bow Bog have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Bog
    • Bow Bog is located in Merrimack County
  • Bow Center
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bow Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Center
    • Bow Center is located in Merrimack County
  • Bow Junction
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bow Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Junction
    • Bow Junction is located in Merrimack County
  • Hills Corner
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hills Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Corner
    • Hills Corner is located in Merrimack County
  • Horse Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Corner
    • Horse Corner is located in Merrimack County
  • James City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for James City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James City
    • James City is located in Rockingham County
  • Jones Mills
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jones Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Mills
    • Jones Mills is located in Belknap County
  • Pearls Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pearls Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearls Corner
    • Pearls Corner is located in Merrimack County
  • Rings Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rings Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rings Corner
    • Rings Corner is located in Merrimack County
  • Shaker Village
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shaker Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
    • Shaker Village is located in Merrimack County
  • Short Falls
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Short Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Falls
    • Short Falls is located in Merrimack County
  • Suncook
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)

How Far From Chichester 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 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<5>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<6> 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).<7>
  • 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).<8>
  • 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).<9>

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

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 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 '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- Chichester) to Point B.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    
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.045 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.80 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.267 degrees.




 

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