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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 Melvin Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Melvin Mills 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 Melvin Mills:
- 43.268919, -71.913243
- 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 Melvin Mills
- 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 Melvin Mills is near Sullivan County and also Hillsborough County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hillsborough 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 Melvin Mills
Curious and Interesting Names Near Melvin Mills ...
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
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Box Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Corner
- Crockett Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Crockett Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Corner
- Dingit Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dingit Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dingit Corner
- Otterville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Otterville is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterville
- Pages Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Pages Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pages Corner
- Potter Place
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Salisbury
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Salisbury Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Salisbury Heights is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury Heights
- Scribners Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Scribners Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scribners Corner
- Shingle Mill Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Shingle Mill Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shingle Mill Corner
- Swetts Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Swetts Mills is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swetts Mills
- Twin Lakes Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Lakes Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes Village
How Far From Melvin Mills 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 Melvin Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Melvin Mills and extending to:
- Concord, which is the Seat of Merrimack County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Melvin Mills to Concord, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 19 miles [30.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). The buggy would take 6 hours and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 402 miles [647 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 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,504 miles [8,857.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,217 miles [10,005.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,092 miles [6,585.4 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- Melvin Mills) 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 Melvin Mills 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 Melvin Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.2689, Longitude: -71.9132 In this case, the coordinates for Melvin Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.355 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.151 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.496 degrees. |
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