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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 Glenmere Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Glenmere Village 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 Glenmere Village:
    • 43.097442, -71.005951
    • 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 Glenmere Village
  • 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 Strafford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Strafford County
    • Since Glenmere Village is near Rockingham County and also York County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rockingham County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for York 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 Glenmere Village

Curious and Interesting Names Near Glenmere Village ...

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.

  • Cedar Waters
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedar Waters is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Waters
  • Dover
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Four Corners
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Four Corners is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
  • Gates Corner
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Gates Corner is located in Strafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates Corner
  • Green Acre
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Green Acre is located in York County (ME)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acre
  • Greenland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Greenland Station
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Greenland Station is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland Station
  • Lee
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Lee is located in Strafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,597 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lee <1>
  • Littlefield
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Littlefield is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlefield
  • Marshall Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Marshall Corner is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Corner
  • Martin Crossing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Martin Crossing is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Crossing
  • Raymond
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Raymond is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,573 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Raymond <1>

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

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

  • Dover, which is the Seat of Strafford County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Glenmere Village to Dover, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 27 miles [43.5 km] to the west northwest (WNW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 427 miles [687.2 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 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 5,473 miles [8,807.9 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 6,183 miles [9,950.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,059 miles [6,532.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Glenmere Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Glenmere Village 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 Glenmere Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0974, Longitude: -71.0060    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.83 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.532 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.164 degrees.