RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of New Hampshire >> Merrimack County >> Murray Hill >> Tidbits & TriviaIndex...

Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Murray Hill:
    • 43.542296, -71.795358
    • 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 Murray Hill
  • 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 Murray Hill is near Grafton County and also Belknap 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 Belknap 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 Murray Hill

Communities Also Named Murray Hill ...

We found fifteen communities that are also named Murray Hill.

Within New Hampshire, the name Murray Hill is unique.

Beyond New Hampshire, we know of fifteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Duval County
      • This Murray Hill is located in Duval County and lies 1,062 miles [1,709.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Murray Hill that is located in Merrimack County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Duval County community of Murray Hill.
    • Georgia
      • Burke County
      • This Murray Hill is located in Burke County and lies 905 miles [1,456.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Murray Hill that is located in Merrimack County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burke County community of Murray Hill.
      • Dougherty County
      • This Murray Hill is located in Dougherty County and lies 1,065 miles [1,714 km] to the southwest of the Murray Hill that is located in Merrimack County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dougherty County community of Murray Hill.
    • Kentucky
      • Jefferson County
      • This Murray Hill is located in Jefferson County and lies 804 miles [1,293.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Murray Hill that is located in Merrimack County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Murray Hill.
    • Manitoba
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • This Murray Hill is located in Baltimore County and lies 380 miles [611.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Murray Hill that is located in Merrimack County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Murray Hill.
      • Howard County
      • This Murray Hill is located in Howard County and lies 401 miles [645.3 km] to the southwest of the Murray Hill that is located in Merrimack County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Murray Hill.
      • Prince George's County
      • This Murray Hill is located in Prince George's County and lies 425 miles [684 km] to the southwest of the Murray Hill that is located in Merrimack County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Murray Hill.
    • Minnesota
      • Ramsey County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Murray Hill [Ramsey County].
    • New Jersey
      • Union County
      • This Murray Hill is located in Union County and lies 237 miles [381.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Murray Hill that is located in Merrimack County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Murray Hill.
    • New York
      • New York County
      • This Murray Hill is located in New York County and lies 222 miles [357.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Murray Hill that is located in Merrimack County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New York County community of Murray Hill.
      • Queens County
      • This Murray Hill is located in Queens County and lies 218 miles [350.8 km] to the south southwest of the Murray Hill that is located in Merrimack County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Queens County community of Murray Hill.
      • Westchester County
      • This Murray Hill is located in Westchester County and lies 202 miles [325.1 km] to the south southwest of the Murray Hill that is located in Merrimack County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westchester County community of Murray Hill.
    • Ontario
      • This Murray Hill lies 333 miles [535.9 km]<1> to the west of the Murray Hill that is located in Merrimack County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • McKean County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Murray Hill [McKean County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Murray Hill ...

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.

  • Fords Crossing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Fords Crossing is located in Merrimack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Crossing
  • Fords Mill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Fords Mill is located in Merrimack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Mill
  • Franklin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Hebron
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Hill is located in Merrimack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,115 people
  • Hill Center
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hill Center is located in Merrimack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Center
  • Nuttings Beach
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Nuttings Beach is located in Grafton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nuttings Beach
  • Orange
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Orange is located in Grafton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
  • Potter Place
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Potter Place is located in Merrimack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Place
  • Robinson Corner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Robinson Corner is located in Grafton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Corner
  • Salisbury
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Salisbury Heights
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Salisbury Heights is located in Merrimack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury Heights

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Murray Hill and extending to:

  • Concord, which is the Seat of Merrimack County, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Murray Hill to Concord, with an average speed<4> 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 just over a day.
  • Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 26 miles [41.8 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 420 miles [675.9 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,489 miles [8,833.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,202 miles [9,981.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,078 miles [6,562.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Murray Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Murray Hill could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Murray Hill 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 Murray Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.5423, Longitude: -71.7954       In this case, the coordinates for Murray Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.242 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.07 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.30 degrees.