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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 Hardscrabble, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hardscrabble 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 Hardscrabble:
    • 43.831736, -72.117310
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Hardscrabble
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Hardscrabble ...

We found fourteen communities that share the name Hardscrabble.

Within New Hampshire, the name Hardscrabble is unique.

Beyond New Hampshire, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • Sussex County
      • This Hardscrabble is located in Sussex County and lies 400 miles [643.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Hardscrabble that is located in Grafton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Hardscrabble.
    • Indiana
      • Madison County
      • This Hardscrabble is located in Madison County and lies 751 miles [1,208.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hardscrabble that is located in Grafton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Hardscrabble.
    • Mississippi
      • Lawrence County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Hardscrabble [Lawrence County].
    • Nevada
      • Humboldt County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Humboldt County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Humboldt County community of Hardscrabble.
    • New York
      • Delaware County
      • This Hardscrabble is located in Delaware County and lies 162 miles [260.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Hardscrabble that is located in Grafton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Hardscrabble.
      • Suffolk County
      • This Hardscrabble is located in Suffolk County and lies 197 miles [317 km] to the south of the Hardscrabble that is located in Grafton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Hardscrabble.
    • Ohio
      • Coshocton County
      • This Hardscrabble is located in Coshocton County and lies 554 miles [891.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hardscrabble that is located in Grafton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coshocton County community of Hardscrabble.
      • Medina County
      • This Hardscrabble is located in Medina County and lies 529 miles [851.3 km] to the west southwest of the Hardscrabble that is located in Grafton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Medina County community of Hardscrabble.
      • Stark County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Hardscrabble [Stark County].
      • Trumbull County
      • This Hardscrabble is located in Trumbull County and lies 478 miles [769.3 km] to the west southwest of the Hardscrabble that is located in Grafton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trumbull County community of Hardscrabble.
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Hardscrabble.
    • Tennessee
      • Cannon County
      • This Hardscrabble is located in Cannon County and lies 919 miles [1,479 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hardscrabble that is located in Grafton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cannon County community of Hardscrabble.
    • Vermont
      • Windsor County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Hardscrabble [Windsor County].
    • Virginia
      • Highland County
      • This Hardscrabble is located in Highland County and lies 531 miles [854.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Hardscrabble that is located in Grafton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Highland County community of Hardscrabble.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hardscrabble ...

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.

  • Brimstone Corner
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brimstone Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimstone Corner
    • Brimstone Corner is located in Orange County (VT)
  • Bucks Corner
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bucks Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks Corner
    • Bucks Corner is located in Grafton County
  • Copper Flat
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copper Flat have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Flat
    • Copper Flat is located in Orange County (VT)
  • Copperfield ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copperfield have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperfield
    • Copperfield is located in Orange County (VT)
  • Lyme
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyme
    • Lyme is located in Grafton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,685 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lyme <5>
  • Lyme Center
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyme Center
    • Lyme Center is located in Grafton County
  • Post Mills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Mills
    • Post Mills is located in Orange County (VT)
  • Union Village
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village
    • Union Village is located in Orange County (VT)

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hardscrabble and extending to:

  • Woodsville, which is the Seat of Grafton County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Hardscrabble to Woodsville, with an average speed<6> 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 51 miles [82.1 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 most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 425 miles [684 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,491 miles [8,836.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,206 miles [9,987.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,081 miles [6,567.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hardscrabble. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of New Hampshire: https://www.nh.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hardscrabble) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hardscrabble. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.8317, Longitude: -72.1173       In this case, the coordinates for Hardscrabble have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Hardscrabble, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Hardscrabble 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.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Hardscrabble to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.396 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.291 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.302 degrees.




 

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