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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 Onway Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Onway Lake 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 Onway Lake:
- 43.034251, -71.216173
- 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 Onway Lake
- 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 Onway Lake is near Merrimack County and also Hillsborough County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Merrimack County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hillsborough 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 Onway Lake
Curious and Interesting Names Near Onway Lake ...
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.
- Bean Island
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bean Island is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bean Island
- Cedar Waters
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Waters is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Waters
- Chester
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Danville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hooks Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hooks Crossing is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks Crossing
- James City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- James City is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James City
- Marshall Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Marshall Corner is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Corner
- Martin Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Martin Crossing is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Crossing
- Martins Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Martins Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Corner
- Raymond
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Severance
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Severance is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
How Far From Onway Lake 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 Onway Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Onway Lake and extending to:
- Exeter, which is the Seat of Rockingham County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Onway Lake to Exeter, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,484 miles [8,825.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,194 miles [9,968.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,070 miles [6,550 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Onway Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Onway Lake 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 Onway Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0343, Longitude: -71.2162 In this case, the coordinates for Onway Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.967 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.675 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.294 degrees. |
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