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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 Enfield Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Enfield Center 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 Enfield Center:
- 43.590072, -72.110920
- 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 Enfield Center
- 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 Grafton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grafton County
- Since Enfield Center is near Sullivan County and also Merrimack County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan 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 Enfield Center
Communities Also Named Enfield Center ...
We found one communities that are also named Enfield Center.
Within New Hampshire, the name Enfield Center is unique.
Beyond New Hampshire, there is another community also named Enfield Center in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New York
- Tompkins County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Enfield Center [Tompkins County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Enfield Center ...
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.
- Cornish Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cornish Center is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish Center
- Cornish Flat
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cornish Flat is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish Flat
- Fords Crossing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Fords Crossing is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Crossing
- Fords Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Fords Mill is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Mill
- Georges Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hell Hollow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hell Hollow is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hell Hollow
- Lockehaven
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Lockehaven is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockehaven
- Lower Shaker Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lower Shaker Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Shaker Village
- Mill Hollow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mill Hollow is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Hollow
- Orange
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Orange is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- Otterville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Otterville is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterville
- Robinson Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Robinson Corner is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Corner
- Twin Lakes Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Lakes Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes Village
- Upper Shaker Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Upper Shaker Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Shaker Village
How Far From Enfield Center 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 Enfield Center to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Enfield Center and extending to:
- Woodsville, which is the Seat of Grafton County, lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<3> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Enfield Center to Woodsville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 39 miles [62.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 412 miles [663 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,500 miles [8,851.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,214 miles [10,000.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,090 miles [6,582.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Enfield Center 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Enfield Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Enfield Center 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 Enfield Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.5901, Longitude: -72.1109 In this case, the coordinates for Enfield Center have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.428 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.287 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.423 degrees. |
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