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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 Paugus Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Paugus Mill 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 Paugus Mill:
- 43.923961, -71.304239
- 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 Paugus Mill
- 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 Paugus Mill is near Grafton County and also Coos County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grafton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coos 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 Paugus Mill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Paugus Mill ...
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.
- Big Rock Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Big Rock Corner is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock Corner
- Center Ossipee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Center Sandwich
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chicks Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chicks Corner is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicks Corner
- Cooks Crossing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cooks Crossing is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Crossing
- Lees Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lees Mill is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Mill
- Livermore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Livermore is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
- Long Sands
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Long Sands is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Sands
- Notchland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Notchland is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notchland
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Redstone
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Redstone is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redstone
- Rogers Crossing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rogers Crossing is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Crossing
- Sandwich
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sandwich is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,367 people
- Sandwich Landing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sandwich Landing is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandwich Landing
- Silver Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Snowville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
How Far From Paugus Mill 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 Paugus Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Paugus Mill and extending to:
- Ossipee, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Paugus Mill to Ossipee, with an average speed<3> 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 five to six hours.
- Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 50 miles [80.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 456 miles [733.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving 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 5,454 miles [8,777.4 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 6,168 miles [9,926.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,043 miles [6,506.6 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Paugus Mill) 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 Paugus Mill 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 Paugus Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9240, Longitude: -71.3042 In this case, the coordinates for Paugus Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.88 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.729 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.868 degrees. |
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