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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 New Rye, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Rye 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 New Rye:
- 43.183971, -71.363400
- 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 New Rye
- 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 New Rye is near Rockingham County and also Belknap County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rockingham 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 New Rye
Curious and Interesting Names Near New Rye ...
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.
- Bean Island
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bean Island is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bean Island
- Bow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bow is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,063 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bow <1>
- Bow Bog
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bow Bog is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Bog
- Bow Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bow Center is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Center
- Bow Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bow Junction is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Junction
- Horse Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Horse Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Corner
- James City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- James City is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James City
- Martin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Martin is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Martins Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Martins Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Corner
- Rings Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rings Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rings Corner
- Short Falls
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Short Falls is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Falls
- Suncook
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
How Far From New Rye 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 New Rye to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in New Rye and extending to:
- Concord, which is the Seat of Merrimack County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies just to the west northwest (WNW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 418 miles [672.7 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from New Rye to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 24 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,485 miles [8,827.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,196 miles [9,971.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,071 miles [6,551.6 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' (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- New Rye) 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 New Rye 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 New Rye. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1840, Longitude: -71.3634 In this case, the coordinates for New Rye have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.033 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.775 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.284 degrees. |
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