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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 Freedom, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Freedom 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 Freedom:
- 43.793131, -70.992289
- 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 Freedom
- 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 Carroll County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
- Since East Freedom is near Oxford County and also York County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oxford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for York 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 Freedom
Communities Also Named East Freedom ...
We found one communities that are also named East Freedom.
Within New Hampshire, the name East Freedom is unique.
Beyond New Hampshire, there is another community also named East Freedom in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Pennsylvania
- Blair County
- This East Freedom is located in Blair County and lies 448 miles [721 km]<1> to the west southwest of the East Freedom that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blair County community of East Freedom.
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Freedom ...
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.
- Center Ossipee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Freedom
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Granite
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Granite is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
- Grape Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Grape Corner is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Corner
- Long Sands
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Long Sands is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Sands
- Lords Hill ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lords Hill is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lords Hill
- Parsonsfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pine River
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pine River is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
- Porterfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Porterfield is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterfield
- Snowville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
How Far From East Freedom 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 East Freedom to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in East Freedom and extending to:
- Ossipee, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from East Freedom to Ossipee, with an average speed<3> 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 48 miles [77.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 460 miles [740.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,446 miles [8,764.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,159 miles [9,911.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,034 miles [6,492.1 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 Freedom) 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 Freedom 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 Freedom. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.7931, Longitude: -70.9923 In this case, the coordinates for East Freedom have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.71 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.516 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.79 degrees. |
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