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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 Kelwyn Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kelwyn Park 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 Kelwyn Park:
- 43.225084, -70.880337
- 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 Kelwyn Park
- 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 Kelwyn Park is near York County and also Rockingham County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for York 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 Kelwyn Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kelwyn Park ...
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.
- Cider Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cider Hill is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cider Hill
- Crocketts Crossing
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Crocketts Crossing is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crocketts Crossing
- Dover
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Five Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Five Corners is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Foundry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Foundry is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundry
- Gates Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Gates Corner is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates Corner
- Great Works
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Great Works is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Works
- Green Acre
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Green Acre is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acre
- Lee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lee is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,597 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lee <1>
- Rosemary
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rosemary is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemary
- Scotland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Scotland is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
How Far From Kelwyn Park 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 Kelwyn Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Kelwyn Park and extending to:
- Dover, which is the Seat of Strafford County, lies just to the South.
- Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Kelwyn Park to Concord, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 437 miles [703.3 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,463 miles [8,791.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,173 miles [9,934.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,049 miles [6,516.2 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- Kelwyn Park) 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 Kelwyn Park 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 Kelwyn Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.2251, Longitude: -70.8803 In this case, the coordinates for Kelwyn Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.733 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.445 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.039 degrees. |
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