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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 Ossipee Lake Shores, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ossipee Lake Shores 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 Ossipee Lake Shores:
- 43.802575, -71.093679
- 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 Ossipee Lake Shores
- 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 Carroll County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
- Since Ossipee Lake Shores is near Oxford County and also York County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oxford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for York 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 Ossipee Lake Shores
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ossipee Lake Shores ...
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.
- Center Ossipee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chickville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Chickville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickville
- Freedom
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Granite
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Granite is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
- Grape Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Grape Corner is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Corner
- Long Sands
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Long Sands is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Sands
- Lords Hill ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lords Hill is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lords Hill
- Pine River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pine River is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
- Pollys Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pollys Crossing is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollys Crossing
- Silver Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Snowville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
How Far From Ossipee Lake Shores 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 Ossipee Lake Shores to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ossipee Lake Shores and extending to:
- Ossipee, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies just to the South.
- Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 46 miles [74 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Ossipee Lake Shores to Concord, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 457 miles [735.5 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 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,450 miles [8,770.9 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 6,163 miles [9,918.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,038 miles [6,498.5 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ossipee Lake Shores) 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 Ossipee Lake Shores 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 Ossipee Lake Shores. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.8026, Longitude: -71.0937 In this case, the coordinates for Ossipee Lake Shores have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.77 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.586 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.833 degrees. |
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