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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 Mallard Cove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mallard Cove 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 Mallard Cove:
- 43.562021, -71.483407
- 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 Mallard Cove
- 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 Mallard Cove is near Grafton County and also Merrimack County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grafton 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 Mallard Cove
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mallard Cove ...
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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Island is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Island
- Dockham Shore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dockham Shore is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dockham Shore
- Franklin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Goose Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Goose Corner is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Corner
- Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hill is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,115 people
- Hills Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hills Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Corner
- Jones Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Jones Mills is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Mills
- Loon Cove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Loon Cove is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loon Cove
- Lovejoy Sands
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lovejoy Sands is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovejoy Sands
- Melvin Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mirror Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Haven
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Spring Haven is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Haven
- Union Wharf
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Union Wharf is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Wharf
- Wildwood Village
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Wildwood Village is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Village
How Far From Mallard Cove to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Mallard Cove to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mallard Cove and extending to:
- Laconia, which is the Seat of Belknap County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Mallard Cove to Concord, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 432 miles [695.2 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 5,475 miles [8,811.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,188 miles [9,958.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,063 miles [6,538.8 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mallard Cove) 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 Mallard Cove 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 Mallard Cove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.5620, Longitude: -71.4834 In this case, the coordinates for Mallard Cove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.048 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.855 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.143 degrees. |
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