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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 Roby, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Roby 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 Roby:
- 43.288688, -71.885914
- 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 Roby
- 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 Roby is near Sullivan County and also Hillsborough 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 Hillsborough 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 Roby
Communities Also Named Roby ...
We found five communities that are also named Roby.
Within New Hampshire, the name Roby is unique.
Beyond New Hampshire, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Christian County
- This Roby is located in Christian County and lies 936 miles [1,506.3 km]<1> to the west of the Roby that is located in Merrimack County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Christian County community of Roby.
- Indiana
- Lake 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 Indiana community of Roby [Lake County].
- Missouri
- Texas County
- This Roby is located in Texas County and lies 1,133 miles [1,823.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Roby that is located in Merrimack County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Texas County community of Roby.
- Tennessee
- Chester County
- This Roby is located in Chester County and lies 1,031 miles [1,659.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Roby that is located in Merrimack County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Roby.
- Texas
- Fisher County
- This Roby is located in Fisher County and lies 1,701 miles [2,737.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Roby that is located in Merrimack County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fisher County community of Roby.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Roby ...
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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Box Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Corner
- Crockett Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Crockett Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Corner
- Dingit Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Dingit Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dingit Corner
- Melvin Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Melvin Mills is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Mills
- Pages Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pages Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pages Corner
- Potter Place
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Potter Place is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Place
- Salisbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Salisbury Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Salisbury Heights is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury Heights
- Scribners Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Scribners Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scribners Corner
- Shingle Mill Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Shingle Mill Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shingle Mill Corner
- Swetts Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Swetts Mills is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swetts Mills
How Far From Roby 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 Roby to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Roby and extending to:
- Concord, which is the Seat of Merrimack County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Roby to Concord, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over 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 18 miles [29 km] to the east southeast (ESE). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 404 miles [650.2 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 5,502 miles [8,854.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,215 miles [10,002.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,090 miles [6,582.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Roby) 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 Roby 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 Roby 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 Roby. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.2887, Longitude: -71.8859 In this case, the coordinates for Roby have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.336 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.132 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.473 degrees. |
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