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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 Hooksett, we use the following websites to find information relevant to South Hooksett 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 Hooksett:
- 43.026473, -71.435345
- 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 Hooksett
- 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 Hooksett 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 Hooksett
Curious and Interesting Names Near South Hooksett ...
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.
- Bean Island
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bean Island is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bean Island
- Bow
(9 miles [14.5 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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bow Bog is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Bog
- Bow Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bow Center is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Center
- Chester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hooks Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hooks Crossing is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks Crossing
- Martin
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Martin is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Martins Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Martins Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Corner
- Mountain Base
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mountain Base is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Base
- Reeds Ferry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Reeds Ferry is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Ferry
- Severance
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Severance is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
- Suncook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
How Far From South Hooksett 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 South Hooksett 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 Hooksett and extending to:
- Concord, which is the Seat of Merrimack County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from South Hooksett to Concord, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 13 miles [20.9 km] to the north northwest (NNW). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take 6 hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 407 miles [655 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 16 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,494 miles [8,841.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,204 miles [9,984.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,080 miles [6,566.1 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' (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- South Hooksett) 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 Hooksett 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 Hooksett. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0265, Longitude: -71.4353 In this case, the coordinates for South Hooksett have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.101 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.825 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.399 degrees. |
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