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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 Fernald, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fernald 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 Fernald:
- 43.613480, -71.169200
- 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 Fernald
- 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 Fernald is near Belknap County and also Strafford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Belknap County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Strafford 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 Fernald
Communities Also Named Fernald ...
We found three communities that are also named Fernald.
Within New Hampshire, the name Fernald is unique.
Beyond New Hampshire, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Iowa
- Story County
- This Fernald is located in Story County and lies 1,126 miles [1,812.1 km]<1> to the west of the Fernald that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Story County community of Fernald.
- Michigan
- Kent 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 Michigan community of Fernald [Kent County].
- Ohio
- Hamilton County
- This Fernald is located in Hamilton County and lies 760 miles [1,223.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Fernald that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Fernald.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fernald ...
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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Chickville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Federal Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Goose Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Goose Corner is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Corner
- Granite
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Granite is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
- Grape Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Grape Corner is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Corner
- Loon Cove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Loon Cove is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loon Cove
- Melvin Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mirror Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Pine River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pine River is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
- Pollys Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pollys Crossing is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollys Crossing
- Spring Haven
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Union Wharf
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Union Wharf is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Wharf
- Water Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Water Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Village
- Woodman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
How Far From Fernald 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 Fernald to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fernald and extending to:
- Ossipee, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Fernald to Concord, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 445 miles [716.2 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 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,460 miles [8,787 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,173 miles [9,934.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,048 miles [6,514.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fernald) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Fernald 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Fernald 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 Fernald. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6135, Longitude: -71.1692 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.847 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.639 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.968 degrees. |
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