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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 Rivercrest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rivercrest 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 Rivercrest:
    • 43.726459, -72.270924
    • 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 Rivercrest
  • 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 Rivercrest is near Windsor County and also Orange County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Windsor County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Orange 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 Rivercrest

Communities Also Named Rivercrest ...

We found nine communities that are also named Rivercrest.

Within New Hampshire, the name Rivercrest is unique.

Beyond New Hampshire, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Rivercrest is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,230 miles [1,979.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Rivercrest that is located in Grafton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Rivercrest.
    • Georgia
      • Troup County
      • This Rivercrest is located in Troup County and lies 1,014 miles [1,631.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Rivercrest that is located in Grafton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Troup County community of Rivercrest.
    • Louisiana
      • Saint Tammany Parish
      • This Rivercrest is located in Saint Tammany Parish and lies 1,330 miles [2,140.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Rivercrest that is located in Grafton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Tammany Parish community of Rivercrest.
    • Manitoba
      • This Rivercrest lies 1,240 miles [1,995.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Rivercrest that is located in Grafton County.
    • North Carolina
      • Wake County
      • This Rivercrest is located in Wake County and lies 634 miles [1,020.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Rivercrest that is located in Grafton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Rivercrest.
    • Ohio
      • Wood County
      • This Rivercrest is located in Wood County and lies 596 miles [959.2 km]<1> to the west of the Rivercrest that is located in Grafton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Rivercrest.
    • Texas
      • Harris County
      • This Rivercrest is located in Harris County and lies 1,600 miles [2,575 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rivercrest that is located in Grafton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Rivercrest.
    • Virginia
      • Arlington County
      • This Rivercrest is located in Arlington County and lies 416 miles [669.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Rivercrest that is located in Grafton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Arlington County community of Rivercrest.
    • Washington
      • Snohomish 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 Washington community of Rivercrest [Snohomish County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rivercrest ...

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.

  • Bragg
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Bragg is located in Windsor County (VT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg
  • Centertown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Centertown is located in Windsor County (VT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
  • Centerville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Centerville is located in Windsor County (VT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
  • Copper Flat
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Copper Flat is located in Orange County (VT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Flat
  • Hardscrabble
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Hardscrabble is located in Grafton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardscrabble
  • Lower Shaker Village
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Lower Shaker Village is located in Grafton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Shaker Village
  • Lyme
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Lyme is located in Grafton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyme
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,685 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lyme <3>
  • Lyme Center
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Lyme Center is located in Grafton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyme Center
  • Union Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Union Village is located in Orange County (VT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village
  • Upper Shaker Village
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Upper Shaker Village is located in Grafton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Shaker Village

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

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

  • Woodsville, which is the Seat of Grafton County, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Rivercrest to Woodsville, with an average speed<4> 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.
  • Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 51 miles [82.1 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 414 miles [666.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,501 miles [8,853 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,216 miles [10,003.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,092 miles [6,585.4 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Rivercrest) 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 Rivercrest 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 Rivercrest 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 Rivercrest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.7265, Longitude: -72.2709       In this case, the coordinates for Rivercrest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.506 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.398 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.429 degrees.