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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 Perkins Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Perkins Hill 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 Perkins Hill:
    • 42.962866, -70.990613
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Perkins Hill
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Perkins Hill ...

We found one communities that share the name Perkins Hill.

Within New Hampshire, the name Perkins Hill is unique.

Beyond New Hampshire, there is another community also named Perkins Hill in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Tennessee
      • Maury County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Perkins Hill [Maury County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Perkins Hill ...

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.

  • Brick School Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brick School Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick School Corner
    • Brick School Corner is located in Rockingham County
  • Cemetery Corners
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cemetery Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cemetery Corners
    • Cemetery Corners is located in Rockingham County
  • Crane Crossing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crane Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane Crossing
    • Crane Crossing is located in Rockingham County
  • Danville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Five Corners
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
    • Five Corners is located in Rockingham County
  • Fogg Corner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fogg Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fogg Corner
    • Fogg Corner is located in Rockingham County
  • Fogg Corners
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fogg Corners
    • Fogg Corners is located in Rockingham County
  • Four Corners
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
    • Four Corners is located in Rockingham County
  • Littlefield
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Littlefield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlefield
    • Littlefield is located in Rockingham County
  • Marshall Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshall Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Corner
    • Marshall Corner is located in Rockingham County
  • Martin Crossing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martin Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Crossing
    • Martin Crossing is located in Rockingham County
  • Powwow River
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Powwow River have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powwow River
    • Powwow River is located in Rockingham County
  • Salisbury Plains
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salisbury Plains have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury Plains
    • Salisbury Plains is located in Essex County (MA)
  • Town Hall Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Town Hall Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Hall Corner
    • Town Hall Corner is located in Rockingham County

How Far From Perkins Hill 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 Perkins Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Perkins Hill and extending to:

  • Exeter, which is the Seat of Rockingham County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<4> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Perkins Hill to Concord, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 422 miles [679.1 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,478 miles [8,816 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,187 miles [9,957 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,063 miles [6,538.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Perkins Hill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Rockingham County: www.co.rockingham.nh.us/

The official website for State of New Hampshire: https://www.nh.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Perkins Hill could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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- Perkins Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Perkins Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9629, Longitude: -70.9906       In this case, the coordinates for Perkins Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 Perkins Hill to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.841 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.522 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.227 degrees.




 

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