Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Glen House:
  • 44.289450, -71.224891
  • 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 Glen House

• 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 Coos County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Coos County
  • Since Glen House is near Carroll County and also Oxford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Oxford 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 Glen House

Curious and Interesting Names Near Glen House ...

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.

• Beans Purchase
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Beans Purchase is located in Coos County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Purchase
• Cascade
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Cascade is located in Coos County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
• Ducks Head
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Ducks Head is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ducks Head
• Dundee
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Dundee is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
• Greens Grant
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Greens Grant is located in Coos County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Grant
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1 people
• Low and Burbanks Grant
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Low and Burbanks Grant is located in Coos County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low and Burbanks Grant
• Martins Location
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Martins Location is located in Coos County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Location
• Randolph
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Randolph is located in Coos County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Randolph <1>
• Randolph Hill
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Randolph Hill is located in Coos County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph Hill
• Rim Junction
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Rim Junction is located in Coos County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rim Junction

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

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

• Lancaster, which is the Seat of Coos County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Glen House to Lancaster, 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 most of a day.
• Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 76 miles [122.3 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 477 miles [767.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,436 miles [8,748.4 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 6,152 miles [9,900.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,027 miles [6,480.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'