Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in East Tilton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Tilton and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for East Tilton

• 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 Tilton:
  • 43.479799, -71.540352
  • 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 Tilton

• 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 Belknap County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Belknap County
  • Since East Tilton is near Merrimack County and also Grafton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Merrimack County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Grafton 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 Tilton

Curious and Interesting Names Near East Tilton ...

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.

• Dockham Shore
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Dockham Shore is located in Belknap County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dockham Shore
• Franklin
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Franklin is located in Merrimack County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,753 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Franklin <1>
• Hill
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Hill is located in Merrimack County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,115 people
• Hill Center
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Hill Center is located in Merrimack County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Center
• Hills Corner
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Hills Corner is located in Merrimack County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Corner
• Jones Mills
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jones Mills is located in Belknap County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Mills
• Mallard Cove
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Mallard Cove is located in Belknap County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Cove
• Pearls Corner
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Pearls Corner is located in Merrimack County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearls Corner
• Shaker Village
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Shaker Village is located in Merrimack County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
• Wildwood Village
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Wildwood Village is located in Belknap County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Village

How Far From East Tilton 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 Tilton to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in East Tilton and extending to:

• Laconia, which is the Seat of Belknap County, lies just to the Northeast.
• Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from East Tilton 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 five to six hours.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 426 miles [685.6 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,481 miles [8,820.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,193 miles [9,966.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,069 miles [6,548.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'