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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 Dexter Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dexter Corner 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 Dexter Corner:
    • 43.369621, -71.158560
    • 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 Dexter Corner
  • 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 Strafford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Strafford County
    • Since Dexter Corner is near Belknap County and also Merrimack 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 Merrimack 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 Dexter Corner

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dexter Corner ...

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 Lake Village
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Hills Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Hills Corner is located in Strafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Corner
  • Hornetown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Hornetown is located in Strafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornetown
  • Lockes Corner
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Lockes Corner is located in Belknap County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockes Corner
  • Loon Cove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Loon Cove is located in Belknap County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loon Cove
  • Merrill Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Merrill Corners is located in Strafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill Corners
  • Place
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Rings Corner
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Rings Corner is located in Merrimack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rings Corner
  • Town House
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Town House is located in Strafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town House
  • Union
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Union is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
  • Welshs Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Welshs Corner is located in Strafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshs Corner

How Far From Dexter Corner 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 Dexter Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Dexter Corner and extending to:

  • Dover, which is the Seat of Strafford County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Dexter Corner to Dover, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 21 miles [33.8 km] to the west southwest (WSW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 434 miles [698.5 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 25 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,469 miles [8,801.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,180 miles [9,945.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,056 miles [6,527.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dexter Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Dexter Corner 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 Dexter Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.3696, Longitude: -71.1586    
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.879 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.634 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.092 degrees.