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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 Hampton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Hampton 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 North Hampton:
    • 42.972589, -70.829776
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on North Hampton
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named North Hampton ...

We found four communities that share the name North Hampton.

Within New Hampshire, the name North Hampton is unique.

Beyond New Hampshire, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Peoria County
      • This North Hampton is located in Peoria County and lies 968 miles [1,557.8 km]<1> to the west of the North Hampton that is located in Rockingham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Peoria County community of North Hampton.
    • Maryland
      • Prince George's 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 Maryland community of North Hampton [Prince George's County].
    • Ohio
      • Clark County
      • This North Hampton is located in Clark County and lies 708 miles [1,139.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the North Hampton that is located in Rockingham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of North Hampton.
    • Virginia
      • Hampton City
      • 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 Hampton [Hampton City].

Curious and Interesting Names Near North Hampton ...

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.

  • Breakfast Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Breakfast Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakfast Hill
    • Breakfast Hill is located in Rockingham County
  • Cable Road
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cable Road have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable Road
    • Cable Road is located in Rockingham County
  • Cemetery Corners
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cemetery Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cemetery Corners
    • Cemetery Corners is located in Rockingham County
  • Five Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
    • Five Corners is located in Rockingham County
  • Fogg Corner
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fogg Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fogg Corner
    • Fogg Corner is located in Rockingham County
  • Fogg Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fogg Corners
    • Fogg Corners is located in Rockingham County
  • Great Boars Head
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Boars Head
    • Great Boars Head is located in Rockingham County
  • Greenland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
    • Greenland is located in Rockingham County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,114 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenland <4>
  • Greenland Station
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenland Station have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland Station
    • Greenland Station is located in Rockingham County
  • Little Boars Head
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Boars Head have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Boars Head
    • Little Boars Head is located in Rockingham County
  • Maplehaven
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maplehaven have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplehaven
    • Maplehaven is located in Rockingham County
  • Town Hall Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Town Hall Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Hall Corner
    • Town Hall Corner is located in Rockingham County

How Far From North Hampton 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 Hampton to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Exeter, which is the Seat of Rockingham County, lies just to the West.
  • Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from North Hampton to Concord, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 428 miles [688.8 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 25 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,470 miles [8,803.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,180 miles [9,945.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,055 miles [6,525.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

The official website for North Hampton: northhampton-nh.gov/

The official website for Rockingham County: www.co.rockingham.nh.us/

The official website for State of New Hampshire: https://www.nh.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- North Hampton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in North Hampton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9726, Longitude: -70.8298       In this case, the coordinates for North Hampton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 North Hampton 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>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Hampton to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.743 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.413 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.148 degrees.




 

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