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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 Sanbornton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sanbornton 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 Sanbornton:
- 43.489243, -71.582298<1>
- 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 Sanbornton
- 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 Belknap County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Belknap County
- Since Sanbornton is near Merrimack County and also Grafton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Merrimack 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 Sanbornton
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sanbornton ...
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.
- Dockham Shore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dockham Shore is also located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dockham Shore
- Franklin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hill is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,115 people
- Hill Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hill Center is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Center
- Hills Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hills Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Corner
- Jones Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Mills is also located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Mills
- Mallard Cove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mallard Cove is also located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Cove
- Pearls Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pearls Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearls Corner
- Salisbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Salisbury Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Salisbury Heights is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury Heights
- Shaker Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shaker Village is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- Wildwood Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wildwood Village is also located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Village
How Far From Sanbornton 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 included the distance from a community such as Sanbornton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Sanbornton and extending to:
- Laconia, which is the Seat of Belknap County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Sanbornton 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 6 hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 425 miles [684 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 25 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,482 miles [8,822.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,195 miles [9,969.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,070 miles [6,550 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
Footnotes ...
| <1> | GPS Coordinates for Sanbornton: Decimal: 43.48924, -71.582298 DDMMSS: 43° 29' 21", -71° 34' 56" |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sanbornton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Sanbornton 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 Sanbornton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4892, Longitude: -71.5823 In this case, the coordinates for Sanbornton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.119 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.924 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.227 degrees. |
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