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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 Shaw Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shaw Corner 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 Shaw Corner:
- 43.408966, -71.688133
- 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 Shaw Corner
- 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 Shaw Corner 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 Shaw Corner
Curious and Interesting Names Near Shaw Corner ...
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.
- Dingit Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dingit Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dingit Corner
- Franklin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- 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 north)
- Hill Center is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Center
- Hills Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hills Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Corner
- Potter Place
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Potter Place is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Place
- Salisbury
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Salisbury Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Salisbury Heights is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury Heights
- Scribners Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Scribners Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scribners Corner
- Swetts Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Swetts Mills is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swetts Mills
How Far From Shaw Corner 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 Shaw Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Shaw Corner once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Shaw Corner and extending to:
- Concord, which is the Seat of Merrimack County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Shaw Corner to Concord, 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 four to five hours.
- Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 15 miles [24.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 417 miles [671.1 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,489 miles [8,833.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,202 miles [9,981.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,078 miles [6,562.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 Shaw Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Shaw Corner) 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 Shaw Corner 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 Shaw Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4090, Longitude: -71.6881 In this case, the coordinates for Shaw Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.197 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.997 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.318 degrees. |
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