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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 Hill Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hill Center 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 Hill Center:
- 43.523717, -71.739630
- 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 Hill Center
- 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 Merrimack County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Merrimack County
- Since Hill Center is near Grafton County and also Belknap County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grafton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Belknap 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 Hill Center
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hill Center ...
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.
- Fords Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fords Crossing is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Crossing
- Fords Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Fords Mill is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Mill
- Franklin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Nuttings Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Nuttings Beach is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nuttings Beach
- Potter Place
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Salisbury
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Salisbury Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Salisbury Heights is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury Heights
How Far From Hill Center 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 Hill Center to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hill Center and extending to:
- Concord, which is the Seat of Merrimack County, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hill Center to Concord, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days 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 24 miles [38.6 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 421 miles [677.5 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 24 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,487 miles [8,830.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,200 miles [9,977.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,076 miles [6,559.7 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hill Center) 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 Hill Center 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 Hill Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.5237, Longitude: -71.7396 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.21 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.032 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.283 degrees. |
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