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 North Branch:
43.081434, -71.976725
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.
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 Hillsborough County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found eighteen communities that share the name North Branch.
Within New Hampshire, the name North Branch is unique.
Beyond New Hampshire, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
Calaveras 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 California community of North Branch [Calaveras County].
Iowa
Guthrie County
This North Branch is located in Guthrie County and lies 1,160 miles [1,866.8 km]<2> to the west of the North Branch that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guthrie County community of North Branch.
Kentucky
Carter County
This North Branch is located in Carter County and lies 654 miles [1,052.5 km]<2> to the west southwest of the North Branch that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carter County community of North Branch.
Maryland
Allegany County
This North Branch is located in Allegany County and lies 424 miles [682.4 km]<2> to the west southwest of the North Branch that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegany County community of North Branch.
Baltimore County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of North Branch [Baltimore County].
Michigan
Alcona 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 Michigan community of North Branch [Alcona County].
Bay County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of North Branch [Bay County].
Lapeer County
This North Branch is located in Lapeer County and lies 564 miles [907.7 km]<2> to the west of the North Branch that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lapeer County community of North Branch.
Oscoda County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of North Branch [Oscoda County].
Minnesota
Chisago County
This North Branch is located in Chisago County and lies 1,047 miles [1,685 km]<2> to the west northwest of the North Branch that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chisago County community of North Branch.
New Brunswick
This North Branch lies 395 miles [635.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the North Branch that is located in Hillsborough County.
New Jersey
Somerset County
This North Branch is located in Somerset County and lies 220 miles [354.1 km]<2> to the southwest of the North Branch that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of North Branch.
New York
Sullivan County
This North Branch is located in Sullivan County and lies 177 miles [284.9 km]<2> to the west southwest of the North Branch that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of North Branch.
Newfoundland and Labrador
This North Branch lies 714 miles [1,149.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the North Branch that is located in Hillsborough County.
Ontario
This North Branch lies 1,132 miles [1,821.8 km]<2> to the west northwest of the North Branch that is located in Hillsborough County.
Pennsylvania
McKean 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 Pennsylvania community of North Branch [McKean County].
Susquehanna County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of North Branch [Susquehanna County].
Wisconsin
Jackson County
This North Branch is located in Jackson County and lies 951 miles [1,530.5 km]<2> to the west northwest of the North Branch that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of North Branch.
Curious and Interesting Names Near North Branch ...
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 (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Box Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Melvin Mills. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
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 North Branch to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in North Branch and extending to:
Nashua, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from North Branch to Nashua, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two 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 24 miles [38.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 391 miles [629.3 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<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,514 miles [8,873.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,226 miles [10,019.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,102 miles [6,601.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<11>
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 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 North Branch 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>
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- North Branch) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in North Branch. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0814, Longitude: -71.9767 In this case, the coordinates for North Branch have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about North Branch, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>
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.
<8>
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 North Branch to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.422 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.194 degrees.
<11>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.621 degrees.