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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 Ireland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ireland 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 Ireland:
- 44.159508, -71.893422
- 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 Ireland
- 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 Grafton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grafton County
- Since Ireland is near Caledonia County and also Orange County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caledonia County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orange 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 Ireland
Communities Also Named Ireland ...
We found nine communities that are also named Ireland.
Within New Hampshire, the name Ireland is unique.
Beyond New Hampshire, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, seven are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Dubois County
- This Ireland is located in Dubois County and lies 876 miles [1,409.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Ireland that is located in Grafton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dubois County community of Ireland.
- Mississippi
- Wilkinson County
- This Ireland is located in Wilkinson County and lies 1,370 miles [2,204.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Ireland that is located in Grafton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilkinson County community of Ireland.
- Missouri
- Monroe County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Monroe County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Ireland.
- Nova Scotia
- This Ireland lies 488 miles [785.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ireland that is located in Grafton County.
- Ohio
- Athens County
- This Ireland is located in Athens County and lies 610 miles [981.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Ireland that is located in Grafton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Athens County community of Ireland.
- 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 Ireland.
- Texas
- Coryell County
- This Ireland is located in Coryell County and lies 1,655 miles [2,663.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Ireland that is located in Grafton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coryell County community of Ireland.
- Washington
- Clark County
- This Ireland is located in Clark County and lies 2,429 miles [3,909.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Ireland that is located in Grafton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Ireland.
- West Virginia
- Lewis County
- This Ireland is located in Lewis County and lies 576 miles [927 km]<1> to the southwest of the Ireland that is located in Grafton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Ireland.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ireland ...
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.
- Bath
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jockey Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jockey Hill is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jockey Hill
- Lisbon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mountain Lakes
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Lakes is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lakes
- Nutter
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Nutter is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutter
- Savageville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Savageville is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savageville
- Sugar Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Swiftwater
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Swiftwater is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swiftwater
- Wildwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wildwood is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
How Far From Ireland 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 Ireland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ireland and extending to:
- Woodsville, which is the Seat of Grafton County, lies just to the West.
- Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Ireland to Concord, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 450 miles [724.2 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 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,469 miles [8,801.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,185 miles [9,953.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,060 miles [6,533.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ireland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Ireland, 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 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 Ireland 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Ireland 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 Ireland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.1595, Longitude: -71.8934 In this case, the coordinates for Ireland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.206 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.135 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.025 degrees. |
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