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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 South Bow, we use the following websites to find information relevant to South Bow 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 South Bow:
- 43.090083, -71.518403
- 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 South Bow
- 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 South Bow is near Hillsborough County and also Rockingham County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hillsborough County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rockingham 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 South Bow
Curious and Interesting Names Near South Bow ...
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.
- Bow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bow is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,063 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bow <1>
- Bow Bog
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bow Bog is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Bog
- Bow Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bow Center is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Center
- Bow Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bow Junction is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Junction
- Everett ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Everett is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
- Martin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Martin is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Martins Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Martins Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Corner
- Mountain Base
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Base is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Base
- Severance
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Severance is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
- Suncook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
How Far From South Bow 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 South Bow to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in South Bow and extending to:
- Concord, which is the Seat of Merrimack County, lies just to the North.
- Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies just to the north (N).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 407 miles [655 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from South Bow to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 24 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,495 miles [8,843.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,206 miles [9,987.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,081 miles [6,567.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
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> | 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- South Bow) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 South Bow 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 South Bow. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0901, Longitude: -71.5184 In this case, the coordinates for South Bow have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.142 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.881 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.404 degrees. |
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