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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 Madison, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Madison 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 East Madison:
    • 43.860521, -71.088789
    • 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 East Madison
  • 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 East Madison ...

We found two communities that share the name East Madison.

Within New Hampshire, the name East Madison is unique.

Beyond New Hampshire, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maine
      • Somerset County
      • This East Madison is located in Somerset County and lies 94 miles [151.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the East Madison that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of East Madison.
    • Wisconsin
      • Dane County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of East Madison [Dane County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near East Madison ...

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
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Center Ossipee have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Ossipee
    • Center Ossipee is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Center Ossipee <4>
  • Chickville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickville
    • Chickville is located in Carroll County
  • Freedom
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Long Sands
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Sands have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Sands
    • Long Sands is located in Carroll County
  • Lords Hill ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lords Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lords Hill
    • Lords Hill is located in Carroll County
  • Merrill Corner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill Corner
    • Merrill Corner is located in Oxford County (ME)
  • Pine River
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine River have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
    • Pine River is located in Carroll County
  • Porterfield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Porterfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterfield
    • Porterfield is located in Oxford County (ME)
  • Silver Lake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Snowville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snowville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowville
    • Snowville is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Snowville <4>

How Far From East Madison to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories 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 Madison to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in East Madison and extending to:

  • Ossipee, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from East Madison to Ossipee, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 50 miles [80.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 most of three 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,447 miles [8,766.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,161 miles [9,915.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,036 miles [6,495.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for East Madison. 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>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- East Madison) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in East Madison. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.8605, Longitude: -71.0888       In this case, the coordinates for East Madison have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>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 East Madison 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.
<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 East Madison 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 303.758 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.581 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.80 degrees.




 

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