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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 East Andover, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Andover 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 East Andover:
- 43.459380, -71.747686
- 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 East Andover
- 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 East Andover is near Grafton County and also Belknap County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grafton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Belknap 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 East Andover
Communities Also Named East Andover ...
We found one communities that are also named East Andover.
Within New Hampshire, the name East Andover is unique.
Beyond New Hampshire, there is another community also named East Andover in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maine
- Oxford County
- This East Andover is located in Oxford County and lies 94 miles [151.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the East Andover that is located in Merrimack County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oxford County community of East Andover.
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Andover ...
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.
- Fords Crossing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fords Crossing is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Crossing
- Fords Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fords Mill is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Mill
- Franklin
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hill Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pages Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pages Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pages Corner
- Potter Place
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Salisbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Salisbury Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Salisbury Heights is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury Heights
- Scribners Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Scribners Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scribners Corner
- Swetts Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Swetts Mills is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swetts Mills
How Far From East Andover 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 East Andover to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in East Andover and extending to:
- Concord, which is the Seat of Merrimack County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from East Andover to Concord, with an average speed<3> 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 most of a day.
- Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 20 miles [32.2 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 417 miles [671.1 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,490 miles [8,835.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,203 miles [9,982.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,078 miles [6,562.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- East Andover) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 East Andover 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 East Andover. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4594, Longitude: -71.7477 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.225 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.037 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.32 degrees. |
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