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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 Newington Station, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Newington Station 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 Newington Station:
- 43.112121, -70.822356
- 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 Newington Station
- 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 Rockingham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rockingham County
- Since Newington Station is near Strafford County and also York County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Strafford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for York 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 Newington Station
Communities Also Named Newington Station ...
We found one communities that are also named Newington Station.
Within New Hampshire, the name Newington Station is unique.
Beyond New Hampshire, there is another community also named Newington Station in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Virginia
- Fairfax County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Newington Station [Fairfax County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Newington Station ...
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.
- Christian Shore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Christian Shore is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christian Shore
- Dover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Green Acre
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Green Acre is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acre
- Greenland
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Greenland Station
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Greenland Station is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland Station
- Maplehaven
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Maplehaven is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplehaven
- Meadowbrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Meadowbrook is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Puddle Dock ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Puddle Dock is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puddle Dock
- Rosemary
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rosemary is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemary
- Scotland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Scotland is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Shepherds Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Shepherds Hill is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherds Hill
How Far From Newington Station 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 Newington Station to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Newington Station and extending to:
- Exeter, which is the Seat of Rockingham County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Newington Station to Exeter, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 36 miles [57.9 km] to the west (W). 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 435 miles [700.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,465 miles [8,795.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,175 miles [9,937.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,050 miles [6,517.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Newington Station 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Newington Station) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Newington Station 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 Newington Station. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1121, Longitude: -70.8224 In this case, the coordinates for Newington Station have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.716 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.407 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.072 degrees. |
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