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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 Jones Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jones Mills 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 Jones Mills:
- 43.394523, -71.414237
- 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 Jones Mills
- 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 Belknap County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Belknap County
- Since Jones Mills is near Merrimack County and also Strafford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Merrimack County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Strafford 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 Jones Mills
Communities Also Named Jones Mills ...
We found five communities that are also named Jones Mills.
Within New Hampshire, the name Jones Mills is unique.
Beyond New Hampshire, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Monroe County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Jones Mills [Monroe County].
- Arkansas
- Hot Spring County
- This Jones Mills is located in Hot Spring County and lies 1,303 miles [2,097 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Jones Mills that is located in Belknap County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hot Spring County community of Jones Mills.
- Georgia
- Meriwether County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Jones Mills [Meriwether County].
- Pennsylvania
- Westmoreland County
- This Jones Mills is located in Westmoreland County and lies 467 miles [751.6 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Jones Mills that is located in Belknap County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Jones Mills.
- Tennessee
- DeKalb County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Jones Mills [DeKalb County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jones Mills ...
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.
- Franklin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hills Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hills Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Corner
- Horse Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Horse Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Corner
- Lockes Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lockes Corner is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockes Corner
- Loon Cove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Loon Cove is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loon Cove
- Mallard Cove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mallard Cove is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Cove
- Pearls Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pearls Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearls Corner
- Rings Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rings Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rings Corner
- Shaker Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shaker Village is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- Spring Haven
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Haven is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Haven
- Wildwood Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Wildwood Village is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Village
How Far From Jones Mills 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 Jones Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Jones Mills and extending to:
- Laconia, which is the Seat of Belknap County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Jones Mills to Laconia, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 14 miles [22.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 426 miles [685.6 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,479 miles [8,817.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,191 miles [9,963.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,066 miles [6,543.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Jones Mills 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Jones Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Jones Mills 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 Jones Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.3945, Longitude: -71.4142 In this case, the coordinates for Jones Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.031 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.809 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.198 degrees. |
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