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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 Noyes Terrace, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Noyes Terrace 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 Noyes Terrace:
    • 42.754534, -71.202838
    • 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 Noyes Terrace
  • 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 Noyes Terrace is near Essex County and also Dukes 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 Dukes 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 Noyes Terrace

Curious and Interesting Names Near Noyes Terrace ...

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.

  • Centralville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Centralville is located in Middlesex County (MA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralville
  • Cowbell Corners
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Cowbell Corners is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowbell Corners
  • Crane Crossing
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Crane Crossing is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane Crossing
  • Groveland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Groveland is located in Essex County (MA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,868 people
  • Highlandville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Highlandville is located in Essex County (MA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highlandville
  • Howards Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Howards Grove is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howards Grove
  • Long Pond Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Long Pond Park is located in Middlesex County (MA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Pond Park
  • Maple Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Maple Park is located in Essex County (MA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Park
  • Marble Ridge Station
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Marble Ridge Station is located in Essex County (MA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Ridge Station
  • Marsh Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Marsh Corner is located in Essex County (MA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Corner
  • Peppermint Corner
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Peppermint Corner is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peppermint Corner

How Far From Noyes Terrace 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 Noyes Terrace to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Noyes Terrace and extending to:

  • Exeter, which is the Seat of Rockingham County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Noyes Terrace to Exeter, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 35 miles [56.3 km] to the north northwest (NNW). 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 most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 404 miles [650.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,494 miles [8,841.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,203 miles [9,982.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,079 miles [6,564.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Noyes Terrace) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Noyes Terrace 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 Noyes Terrace. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7545, Longitude: -71.2028       In this case, the coordinates for Noyes Terrace have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.002 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.667 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.433 degrees.