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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 Pike, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pike 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 Pike:
- 44.030899, -72.008143
- 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 Pike
- 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 Grafton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grafton County
- Since Pike is near Orange County and also Caledonia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orange County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caledonia 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 Pike
Communities Also Named Pike ...
We found seventeen communities that are also named Pike.
Within New Hampshire, the name Pike is unique.
Beyond New Hampshire, we know of seventeen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- This Pike lies 2,723 miles [4,382.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Pike that is located in Grafton County.
- California
- Sierra County
- This Pike is located in Sierra County and lies 2,506 miles [4,033 km]<1> to the west of the Pike that is located in Grafton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sierra County community of Pike.
- Georgia
- Gilmer County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Pike [Gilmer County].
- Montgomery County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Pike [Montgomery County].
- Illinois
- Pike County
- This Pike is located in Pike County and lies 1,027 miles [1,652.8 km]<1> to the west of the Pike that is located in Grafton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Pike.
- Indiana
- Boone County
- This Pike is located in Boone County and lies 787 miles [1,266.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pike that is located in Grafton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Pike.
- Kansas
- Wabaunsee County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Wabaunsee County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wabaunsee County community of Pike.
- Maryland
- Montgomery County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Pike [Montgomery County].
- Missouri
- Carter County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Carter County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carter County community of Pike.
- New York
- Wyoming County
- This Pike is located in Wyoming County and lies 325 miles [523 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pike that is located in Grafton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming County community of Pike.
- North Carolina
- Cumberland County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Pike [Cumberland County].
- Ohio
- Pike County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Pike [Pike County].
- Wayne County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Wayne County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Pike.
- Oklahoma
- Love County
- This Pike is located in Love County and lies 1,517 miles [2,441.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pike that is located in Grafton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Love County community of Pike.
- Oregon
- Yamhill County
- This Pike is located in Yamhill County and lies 2,473 miles [3,979.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Pike that is located in Grafton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yamhill County community of Pike.
- Texas
- Collin County
- This Pike is located in Collin County and lies 1,495 miles [2,406 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pike that is located in Grafton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Collin County community of Pike.
- West Virginia
- Ritchie County
- This Pike is located in Ritchie County and lies 570 miles [917.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pike that is located in Grafton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ritchie County community of Pike.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pike ...
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.
- Bath
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Boltonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Boltonville is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boltonville
- Breezy Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Breezy Point is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Point
- Ireland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ireland is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ireland
- Jockey Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jockey Hill is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jockey Hill
- Lost River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lost River is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost River
- Mountain Lakes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mountain Lakes is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lakes
- Nutter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Nutter is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutter
- Peach Four Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Peach Four Corners is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Four Corners
- Swiftwater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Swiftwater is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swiftwater
- Wildwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Wildwood is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
How Far From Pike 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 Pike to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pike and extending to:
- Woodsville, which is the Seat of Grafton County, lies just to the North.
- Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 61 miles [98.2 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Pike to Concord, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 439 miles [706.5 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 25 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 northeast (NE).<7>
- 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).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,070 miles [6,550 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Pike) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Pike, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Pike 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Pike 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 Pike. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.0309, Longitude: -72.0081 In this case, the coordinates for Pike have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.297 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.215 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.147 degrees. |
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