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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 Seabrook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Seabrook 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 Seabrook:
    • 42.894812, -70.871165
    • 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 Seabrook
  • 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 Rockingham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rockingham County
    • Since Seabrook is near Essex County and also York County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Essex County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for York 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 Seabrook

Communities Also Named Seabrook ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Seabrook.

Within New Hampshire, the name Seabrook is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Liberty County
      • This Seabrook is located in Liberty County and lies 958 miles [1,541.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Seabrook that is located in Rockingham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Liberty County community of Seabrook.
    • Kansas
      • Shawnee 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 Kansas community of Seabrook [Shawnee County].
    • Louisiana
      • Orleans Parish
      • This Seabrook is located in Orleans Parish and lies 1,380 miles [2,220.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Seabrook that is located in Rockingham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orleans Parish community of Seabrook.
    • Maryland
      • Prince George's County
      • This Seabrook is located in Prince George's County and lies 412 miles [663 km]<1> to the southwest of the Seabrook that is located in Rockingham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Seabrook.
    • Massachusetts
      • Barnstable County
      • This Seabrook is located in Barnstable County and lies 92 miles [148.1 km]<1> to the south of the Seabrook that is located in Rockingham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barnstable County community of Seabrook.
    • New Jersey
      • Cumberland County
      • This Seabrook is located in Cumberland County and lies 325 miles [523 km]<1> to the southwest of the Seabrook that is located in Rockingham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Seabrook.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Seabrook lies 278 miles [447.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Seabrook that is located in Rockingham County.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Seabrook lies 429 miles [690.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Seabrook that is located in Rockingham County.
    • South Carolina
      • Beaufort County
      • This Seabrook is located in Beaufort County and lies 895 miles [1,440.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Seabrook that is located in Rockingham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Seabrook.
      • Colleton County
      • This Seabrook is located in Colleton County and lies 884 miles [1,422.7 km] to the southwest of the Seabrook that is located in Rockingham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colleton County community of Seabrook.
    • Texas
      • Harris County
      • This Seabrook is located in Harris County and lies 1,620 miles [2,607.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Seabrook that is located in Rockingham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Seabrook.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Seabrook ...

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.

  • Brick School Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Brick School Corner is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick School Corner
  • Cemetery Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Cemetery Corners is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cemetery Corners
  • Five Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Five Corners is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
  • Fogg Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Fogg Corner is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fogg Corner
  • Fogg Corners
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Fogg Corners is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fogg Corners
  • Great Boars Head
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Great Boars Head is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Boars Head
  • Rings Island
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Rings Island is located in Essex County (MA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rings Island
  • Salisbury
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Salisbury is located in Essex County (MA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,591 people
  • Salisbury Beach
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Salisbury Beach is located in Essex County (MA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury Beach
  • Salisbury Plains
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Salisbury Plains is located in Essex County (MA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury Plains
  • Salisbury Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Salisbury Point is located in Essex County (MA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury Point
  • Town Hall Corner
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Town Hall Corner is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Hall Corner

How Far From Seabrook 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 include the distance from a community such as Seabrook to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Exeter, which is the Seat of Rockingham County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Seabrook to Concord, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 423 miles [680.8 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 24 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,475 miles [8,811.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,184 miles [9,952.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,060 miles [6,533.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

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- Seabrook) 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 Seabrook 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 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.
<4>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 Seabrook 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 Seabrook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8948, Longitude: -70.8712       In this case, the coordinates for Seabrook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.78 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.442 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.208 degrees.