Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Lempster, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lempster and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Lempster

• 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 Lempster:
  • 43.225748, -72.178059
  • 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 Lempster

• 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 Sullivan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan County
  • Since Lempster is near Cheshire County and also Merrimack County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cheshire County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Merrimack 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 Lempster

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lempster ...

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.

• Box Corner
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Box Corner is located in Merrimack County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Corner
• Crescent Lake
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Crescent Lake is located in Sullivan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Lake
• Dodge Hollow
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Dodge Hollow is located in Sullivan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge Hollow
• Guild
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Guild is located in Sullivan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guild
• Hemlock Center
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Hemlock Center is located in Sullivan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock Center
• Lynn
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Lynn is located in Sullivan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
• Mill Hollow
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Mill Hollow is located in Cheshire County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Hollow
• Puckershire
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Puckershire is located in Sullivan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckershire
• Quaker City
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Quaker City is located in Sullivan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker City
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Quaker City
  • From Lempster to Quaker City
• Unity
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Unity is located in Sullivan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,616 people

How Far From Lempster 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 Lempster to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Lempster and extending to:

• Newport, which is the Seat of Sullivan County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Lempster to Newport, with an average speed<2> 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 32 miles [51.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 391 miles [629.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,517 miles [8,878.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,230 miles [10,026.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,105 miles [6,606.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'