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website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
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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 Sharon:
42.813133, -71.914947
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.
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 Hillsborough County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found 54 communities that share the name Sharon.
Within New Hampshire, the name Sharon is unique.
Beyond New Hampshire, we know of another 54 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 54 communities, 53 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
Madera County
This Sharon is located in Madera County and lies 2,547 miles [4,099 km]<1> to the west of the Sharon that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madera County community of Sharon.
Connecticut
Litchfield County
This Sharon is located in Litchfield County and lies 102 miles [164.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Sharon that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Litchfield County community of Sharon.
Florida
Clay 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 Florida community of Sharon [Clay County].
Georgia
Taliaferro County
This Sharon is located in Taliaferro County and lies 868 miles [1,396.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Sharon that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taliaferro County community of Sharon.
Telfair County
This Sharon is located in Telfair County and lies 972 miles [1,564.3 km] to the southwest of the Sharon that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Telfair County community of Sharon.
Idaho
Bear Lake County
This Sharon is located in Bear Lake County and lies 1,993 miles [3,207.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Sharon that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bear Lake County community of Sharon.
Illinois
Henry 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 Illinois community of Sharon [Henry County].
Indiana
Carroll County
This Sharon is located in Carroll County and lies 761 miles [1,224.7 km]<1> to the west of the Sharon that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Sharon.
Iowa
Appanoose 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 Iowa community of Sharon [Appanoose County].
Audubon County
This Sharon is located in Audubon County and lies 1,178 miles [1,895.8 km]<1> to the west of the Sharon that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Audubon County community of Sharon.
Lee County
This Sharon is located in Lee County and lies 1,024 miles [1,648 km] to the west of the Sharon that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Sharon.
Kansas
Barber County
This Sharon is located in Barber County and lies 1,446 miles [2,327.1 km]<1> to the west of the Sharon that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barber County community of Sharon.
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 Sharon [Shawnee County].
Kentucky
Bracken 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 Kentucky community of Sharon [Bracken County].
Fayette County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Sharon [Fayette County].
Louisiana
Claiborne Parish
This Sharon is located in Claiborne Parish and lies 1,326 miles [2,134 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Sharon that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Claiborne Parish community of Sharon.
Maryland
Harford County
This Sharon is located in Harford County and lies 321 miles [516.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Sharon that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Sharon.
Massachusetts
Norfolk County
This Sharon is located in Norfolk County and lies 60 miles [96.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Sharon that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk County community of Sharon.
Michigan
Kalkaska County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Sharon [Kalkaska County].
Minnesota
Le Sueur 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 Minnesota community of Sharon [Le Sueur County].
Mississippi
Jones County
This Sharon is located in Jones County and lies 1,208 miles [1,944.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Sharon that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jones County community of Sharon.
Madison County
This Sharon is located in Madison County and lies 1,204 miles [1,937.7 km] to the west southwest of the Sharon that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Sharon.
Missouri
Polk 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 Missouri community of Sharon [Polk County].
Saline County
This Sharon is located in Saline County and lies 1,127 miles [1,813.7 km]<1> to the west of the Sharon that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saline County community of Sharon.
New Jersey
Monmouth County
This Sharon is located in Monmouth County and lies 225 miles [362.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Sharon that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monmouth County community of Sharon.
New York
Dutchess 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 New York community of Sharon [Dutchess County].
Schoharie County
This Sharon is located in Schoharie County and lies 132 miles [212.4 km]<1> to the west of the Sharon that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schoharie County community of Sharon.
North Carolina
Camden County
This Sharon is located in Camden County and lies 494 miles [795 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Sharon that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Sharon.
Cleveland County
This Sharon is located in Cleveland County and lies 735 miles [1,182.9 km] to the southwest of the Sharon that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cleveland County community of Sharon.
Iredell County
This Sharon is located in Iredell County and lies 688 miles [1,107.2 km] to the southwest of the Sharon that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iredell County community of Sharon.
Lenoir County
This Sharon is located in Lenoir County and lies 596 miles [959.2 km] to the south southwest of the Sharon that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lenoir County community of Sharon.
Mecklenburg 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 North Carolina community of Sharon [Mecklenburg County].
North Dakota
Steele County
This Sharon is located in Steele County and lies 1,299 miles [2,090.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Sharon that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Steele County community of Sharon.
Ohio
Franklin County
This Sharon is located in Franklin County and lies 601 miles [967.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Sharon that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Sharon.
Hamilton 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 Ohio community of Sharon [Hamilton County].
Jackson County
This Sharon is located in Jackson County and lies 617 miles [993 km] to the west southwest of the Sharon that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Sharon.
Morgan County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Morgan County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Sharon.
Noble County
This Sharon is located in Noble County and lies 543 miles [873.9 km] to the west southwest of the Sharon that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Noble County community of Sharon.
Oklahoma
Woodward County
This Sharon is located in Woodward County and lies 1,520 miles [2,446.2 km]<1> to the west of the Sharon that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Woodward County community of Sharon.
Ontario
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 Ontario community of Sharon.
Pennsylvania
Mercer County
This Sharon is located in Mercer County and lies 453 miles [729 km]<1> to the west of the Sharon that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Sharon.
South Carolina
Abbeville County
This Sharon is located in Abbeville County and lies 824 miles [1,326.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Sharon that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Abbeville County community of Sharon.
York County
This Sharon is located in York County and lies 741 miles [1,192.5 km] to the southwest of the Sharon that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Sharon.
Tennessee
Henderson County
This Sharon is located in Henderson County and lies 1,009 miles [1,623.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Sharon that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Sharon.
Weakley County
This Sharon is located in Weakley County and lies 1,006 miles [1,619 km] to the west southwest of the Sharon that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weakley County community of Sharon.
Texas
Hardin 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 Texas community of Sharon [Hardin County].
Smith County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Sharon [Smith County].
Vermont
Windsor County
This Sharon is located in Windsor County and lies 72 miles [115.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Sharon that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Windsor County community of Sharon.
Virginia
Pittsylvania County
This Sharon is located in Pittsylvania County and lies 586 miles [943.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Sharon that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pittsylvania County community of Sharon.
Washington
Grays Harbor 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 Sharon [Grays Harbor County].
Spokane County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Sharon [Spokane County].
West Virginia
Kanawha County
This Sharon is located in Kanawha County and lies 594 miles [956 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Sharon that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kanawha County community of Sharon.
Webster 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 West Virginia community of Sharon [Webster County].
Wisconsin
Walworth County
This Sharon is located in Walworth County and lies 852 miles [1,371.2 km]<1> to the west of the Sharon that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walworth County community of Sharon.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sharon ...
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.
Bank (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bank have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Sharon to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sharon and extending to:
Nashua, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Sharon to Nashua, with an average speed<6> 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 most of a day.
Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 33 miles [53.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 380 miles [611.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,522 miles [8,886.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,233 miles [10,031 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,108 miles [6,611.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Sharon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sharon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8131, Longitude: -71.9149
<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 Sharon 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>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Sharon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>
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.
<7>
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 Sharon to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.424 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.151 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.728 degrees.