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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 Horse Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Horse Corner 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 Horse Corner:
- 43.233655, -71.44163
- 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 Horse 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 Merrimack County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Merrimack County
- Since Horse Corner is near Rockingham County and also Belknap 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 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 Horse Corner
Curious and Interesting Names Near Horse 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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bow Bog
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bow Bog is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Bog
- Bow Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bow Center is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Center
- Bow Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bow Junction is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Junction
- Pearls Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pearls Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearls Corner
- Rings Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rings Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rings Corner
- Shaker Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Shaker Village is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- Short Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Short Falls is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Falls
- Suncook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
How Far From Horse Corner 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 Horse Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Horse Corner and extending to:
- Concord, which is the Seat of Merrimack County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies just to the west southwest (WSW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 417 miles [671.1 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Horse Corner to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 24 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,486 miles [8,828.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,198 miles [9,974.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,073 miles [6,554.9 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 from Point A (ie- Horse Corner) 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 Horse 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 Horse Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.2337, Longitude: -71.4416 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.073 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.828 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.294 degrees. |
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