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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 Lees Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lees Mill 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 Lees Mill:
    • 43.739241, -71.389795
    • 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 Lees Mill
  • 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 Carroll County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
    • Since Lees Mill is near Belknap County and also Grafton 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 Grafton 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 Lees Mill

Communities Also Named Lees Mill ...

We found eight communities that are also named Lees Mill.

Within New Hampshire, the name Lees Mill is unique.

Beyond New Hampshire, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Fayette County
      • This Lees Mill is located in Fayette County and lies 998 miles [1,606.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Lees Mill that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Lees Mill.
    • Maryland
      • Carroll County
      • This Lees Mill is located in Carroll County and lies 404 miles [650.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Lees Mill that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Lees Mill.
    • North Carolina
      • Johnston County
      • This Lees Mill is located in Johnston County and lies 690 miles [1,110.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Lees Mill that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnston County community of Lees Mill.
      • Washington County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Lees Mill [Washington County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Chester County
      • This Lees Mill is located in Chester County and lies 366 miles [589 km]<1> to the southwest of the Lees Mill that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Lees Mill.
    • Texas
      • Newton County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Newton County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Lees Mill.
    • Virginia
      • Isle of Wight County
      • This Lees Mill is located in Isle of Wight County and lies 566 miles [910.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Lees Mill that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Isle of Wight County community of Lees Mill.
      • Prince George County
      • This Lees Mill is located in Prince George County and lies 553 miles [890 km] to the southwest of the Lees Mill that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George County community of Lees Mill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lees Mill ...

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.

  • Bear Island
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Bear Island is located in Belknap County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Island
  • Big Rock Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Big Rock Corner is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock Corner
  • Center Sandwich
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Chicks Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Chicks Corner is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicks Corner
  • Deephaven
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Deephaven is located in Grafton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deephaven
  • Lovejoy Sands
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Lovejoy Sands is located in Belknap County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovejoy Sands
  • Melvin Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Sandwich
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Sandwich is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandwich
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,367 people
  • Sandwich Landing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Sandwich Landing is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandwich Landing

How Far From Lees Mill to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Lees Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Ossipee, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lees Mill to Ossipee, with an average speed<5> 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 four to five hours.
  • Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 37 miles [59.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 444 miles [714.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving 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 5,464 miles [8,793.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,178 miles [9,942.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,053 miles [6,522.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lees Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Lees Mill 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.
<3>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 Lees Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Lees Mill 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 Lees Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.7392, Longitude: -71.3898       In this case, the coordinates for Lees Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.962 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.79 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.006 degrees.