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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 Hills Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hills Corner 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 Hills Corner:
    • 43.333970, -71.144787
    • 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 Hills Corner
  • 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 Hills Corner is near Belknap County and also Rockingham County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Belknap County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rockingham 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 Hills Corner

Communities Also Named Hills Corner ...

We found two communities that are also named Hills Corner.

There is one other community in New Hampshire that is also named Hills Corner.

Beyond New Hampshire, there is another community also named Hills Corner in the United States.

  • Communities Located In New Hampshire ...
    • Merrimack County
      • This Hills Corner is located in Merrimack County and lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hills Corner that is located in Strafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Merrimack County community of Hills Corner.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Virginia
      • Virginia Beach City
      • This Hills Corner is located in Virginia Beach City and lies 521 miles [838.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Hills Corner that is located in Strafford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Virginia Beach City community of Hills Corner.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hills Corner ...

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.

  • Bow Lake Village
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Bow Lake Village is located in Strafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Lake Village
    • Bow Lake Village has also been known as:
    • Bow Lake
  • Hornetown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Hornetown is located in Strafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornetown
  • Lockes Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Lockes Corner is located in Belknap County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockes Corner
  • Merrill Corners
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Merrill Corners is located in Strafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill Corners
  • Place
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Place is located in Strafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Place
  • Rings Corner
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Rings Corner is located in Merrimack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rings Corner
  • Town House
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Town House is located in Strafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town House
  • Welshs Corner
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Welshs Corner is located in Strafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshs Corner

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

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

  • Dover, which is the Seat of Strafford County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hills Corner to Dover, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 21 miles [33.8 km] to the west southwest (WSW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 433 miles [696.8 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,470 miles [8,803.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,181 miles [9,947.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,057 miles [6,529.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Hills Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Hills Corner 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 Hills Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.3340, Longitude: -71.1448       In this case, the coordinates for Hills Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.877 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.625 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.104 degrees.