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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 Sandwich, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sandwich 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 Sandwich:
- 43.791033, -71.410819
- 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 Sandwich
- 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 Carroll County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
- Since Sandwich is near Belknap County and also Grafton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Belknap 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 Sandwich
Communities Also Named Sandwich ...
We found four communities that are also named Sandwich.
Within New Hampshire, the name Sandwich is unique.
Beyond New Hampshire, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- DeKalb County
- This Sandwich is located in DeKalb County and lies 883 miles [1,421.1 km]<1> to the west of the Sandwich that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Sandwich.
- Maine
- Somerset 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 Maine community of Sandwich [Somerset County].
- Massachusetts
- Barnstable County
- This Sandwich is located in Barnstable County and lies 147 miles [236.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Sandwich that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barnstable County community of Sandwich.
- Ontario
- This Sandwich lies 596 miles [959.2 km]<1> to the west of the Sandwich that is located in Carroll County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sandwich ...
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.
- Bear Island
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bear Island is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Island
- Big Rock Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Center Sandwich
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Chicks Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Deephaven
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Deephaven is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deephaven
- Lees Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lees Mill is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Mill
- Lovejoy Sands
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lovejoy Sands is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovejoy Sands
- Melvin Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sandwich Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sandwich Landing is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandwich Landing
How Far From Sandwich 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 Sandwich to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sandwich and extending to:
- Ossipee, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sandwich to Ossipee, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of 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 40 miles [64.4 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 446 miles [717.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,463 miles [8,791.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,177 miles [9,940.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,052 miles [6,521.1 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- Sandwich) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Sandwich 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 Sandwich 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 Sandwich. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.7910, Longitude: -71.4108 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.967 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.804 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.989 degrees. |
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