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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 Pine Cliff, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pine Cliff 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 Pine Cliff:
    • 43.341186, -72.041196
    • 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 Pine Cliff
  • 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 Merrimack County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Merrimack County
    • Since Pine Cliff is near Sullivan County and also Grafton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Grafton 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 Pine Cliff

Communities Also Named Pine Cliff ...

We found four communities that are also named Pine Cliff.

Within New Hampshire, the name Pine Cliff is unique.

Beyond New Hampshire, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Louisiana
      • Washington Parish
      • This Pine Cliff is located in Washington Parish and lies 1,315 miles [2,116.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Pine Cliff that is located in Merrimack County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington Parish community of Pine Cliff.
    • Maine
      • Lincoln County
      • This Pine Cliff is located in Lincoln County and lies 124 miles [199.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Pine Cliff that is located in Merrimack County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Pine Cliff.
    • Maryland
      • Frederick County
      • This Pine Cliff is located in Frederick County and lies 387 miles [622.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Pine Cliff that is located in Merrimack County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Pine Cliff.
    • Utah
      • Summit County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Pine Cliff [Summit County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pine Cliff ...

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.

  • Box Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Box Corner is located in Merrimack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Corner
  • Crockett Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Crockett Corner is located in Merrimack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Corner
  • Georges Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Guild
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Guild is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guild
  • Melvin Mills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Melvin Mills is located in Merrimack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Mills
  • Otterville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Otterville is located in Merrimack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterville
  • Pages Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Pages Corner is located in Merrimack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pages Corner
  • Shingle Mill Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Shingle Mill Corner is located in Merrimack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shingle Mill Corner
  • Twin Lakes Village
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Twin Lakes Village is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes Village

How Far From Pine Cliff 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 Pine Cliff to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pine Cliff and extending to:

  • Concord, which is the Seat of Merrimack County, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pine Cliff to Concord, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 27 miles [43.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 401 miles [645.3 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 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,507 miles [8,862.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,220 miles [10,010.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,095 miles [6,590.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

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- Pine Cliff) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Pine Cliff 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Pine Cliff 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 Pine Cliff. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.3412, Longitude: -72.0412       In this case, the coordinates for Pine Cliff have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.423 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.239 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.518 degrees.