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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 Greenland Station, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greenland Station 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 Greenland Station:
- 43.043977, -70.823666
- 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 Greenland Station
- 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 Rockingham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rockingham County
- Since Greenland Station is near York County and also Strafford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for York 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 Greenland Station
Communities Also Named Greenland Station ...
We found one communities that are also named Greenland Station.
Within New Hampshire, the name Greenland Station is unique.
Beyond New Hampshire, there is another community also named Greenland Station in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Ontonagon 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 Michigan community of Greenland Station [Ontonagon County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Greenland Station ...
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.
- Breakfast Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Breakfast Hill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakfast Hill
- Cable Road
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cable Road is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable Road
- Cemetery Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cemetery Corners is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cemetery Corners
- Christian Shore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Christian Shore is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christian Shore
- Fogg Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fogg Corner is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fogg Corner
- Green Acre
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Green Acre is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acre
- Greenland
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Maplehaven
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Maplehaven is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplehaven
- Meadowbrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Meadowbrook is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Puddle Dock ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Puddle Dock is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puddle Dock
- Shepherds Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Shepherds Hill is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherds Hill
How Far From Greenland Station to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Greenland Station to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Greenland Station and extending to:
- Exeter, which is the Seat of Rockingham County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<3> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Greenland Station to Concord, 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.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 432 miles [695.2 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,467 miles [8,798.3 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 6,177 miles [9,940.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,053 miles [6,522.7 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Greenland Station 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Greenland Station) 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 Greenland Station 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 Greenland Station. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0440, Longitude: -70.8237 In this case, the coordinates for Greenland Station have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.728 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.408 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.108 degrees. |
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