Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Loudon Center:
  • 43.336131, -71.401135
  • 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 Loudon Center

• 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 Merrimack County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Merrimack County
  • Since Loudon Center is near Belknap County and also Strafford 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 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 Loudon Center

Curious and Interesting Names Near Loudon Center ...

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.

• Bow Junction
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Bow Junction is located in Merrimack County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Junction
• Hills Corner
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Hills Corner is located in Merrimack County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Corner
• Horse Corner
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Horse Corner is located in Merrimack County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Corner
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Horse Corner
  • From Loudon Center to Horse Corner
• Jones Mills
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Jones Mills is located in Belknap County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Mills
• 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
• Pearls Corner
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Pearls Corner is located in Merrimack County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearls Corner
• Rings Corner
  (2 miles [3.2 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 west)
  • Shaker Village is located in Merrimack County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
• Short Falls
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Short Falls is located in Merrimack County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Falls

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

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

• Concord, which is the Seat of Merrimack County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Loudon Center to Concord, 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 10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest (SW). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 423 miles [680.8 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 24 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,480 miles [8,819.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,192 miles [9,965.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,068 miles [6,546.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'