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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 Pequawket, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pequawket 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 Pequawket:
- 43.920906, -71.227293
- 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 Pequawket
- 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 Pequawket is near Grafton County and also Oxford 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 Oxford 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 Pequawket
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pequawket ...
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
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Center Sandwich
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Chickville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Chickville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickville
- Cooks Crossing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cooks Crossing is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Crossing
- Freedom
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Glen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Glen is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Livermore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Livermore is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
- Long Sands
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Long Sands is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Sands
- Lords Hill ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lords Hill is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lords Hill
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Merrill Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Merrill Corner is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill Corner
- Redstone
(9 miles [14.5 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
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Silver Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Snowville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
How Far From Pequawket to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Pequawket to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pequawket and extending to:
- Ossipee, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pequawket to Ossipee, 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 five to six hours.
- Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 51 miles [82.1 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 458 miles [737.1 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 5,451 miles [8,772.5 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 6,165 miles [9,921.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,040 miles [6,501.7 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pequawket) 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 Pequawket 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 Pequawket. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9209, Longitude: -71.2273 In this case, the coordinates for Pequawket have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.833 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.676 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.833 degrees. |
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