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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 Moultonborough, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Moultonborough 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 Moultonborough:
- 43.755115, -71.396149
- 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 Moultonborough
- 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 Moultonborough 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 Moultonborough
Curious and Interesting Names Near Moultonborough ...
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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bear Island is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Island
- Big Rock Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Center Sandwich
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chicks Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Deephaven
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Deephaven is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deephaven
- Lees Mill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lees Mill is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Mill
- Lovejoy Sands
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lovejoy Sands is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovejoy Sands
- Melvin Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sandwich
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sandwich Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sandwich Landing is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandwich Landing
How Far From Moultonborough 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 Moultonborough to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Moultonborough and extending to:
- Ossipee, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Moultonborough to Ossipee, with an average speed<3> 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 38 miles [61.2 km] to the south (S). 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<4> 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).<5>
- 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).<6>
- 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).<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 '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- Moultonborough) 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 Moultonborough 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 Moultonborough. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.7551, Longitude: -71.3961 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.964 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.794 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.001 degrees. |
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