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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 North Danville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Danville 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 North Danville:
- 42.945643, -71.113393
- 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 North Danville
- 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 North Danville is near Essex County and also Strafford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Essex County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Strafford 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 North Danville
Communities Also Named North Danville ...
We found two communities that are also named North Danville.
Within New Hampshire, the name North Danville is unique.
Beyond New Hampshire, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Vermont
- Caledonia County
- This North Danville is located in Caledonia County and lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the North Danville that is located in Rockingham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caledonia County community of North Danville.
- Virginia
- Pittsylvania 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 Virginia community of North Danville [Pittsylvania County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near North Danville ...
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.
- Brick School Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Brick School Corner is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick School Corner
- Chester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cowbell Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cowbell Corners is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowbell Corners
- Crane Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Crane Crossing is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane Crossing
- Danville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Howards Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Howards Grove is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howards Grove
- Littlefield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Littlefield is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlefield
- Marshall Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Marshall Corner is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Corner
- Martin Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Martin Crossing is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Crossing
- Onway Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Onway Lake is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onway Lake
- Powwow River
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Powwow River is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powwow River
- Raymond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
How Far From North Danville 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 North Danville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in North Danville and extending to:
- Exeter, which is the Seat of Rockingham County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from North Danville 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.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 416 miles [669.5 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 5,483 miles [8,824 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 6,193 miles [9,966.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,069 miles [6,548.4 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 drawn from Point A (ie- North Danville) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 North Danville 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 North Danville 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 North Danville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9456, Longitude: -71.1134 In this case, the coordinates for North Danville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.918 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.606 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.293 degrees. |
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