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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 Spring Haven, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spring Haven 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 Spring Haven:
    • 43.554703, -71.318535
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Spring Haven
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Spring Haven ...

We found one communities that share the name Spring Haven.

Within New Hampshire, the name Spring Haven is unique.

Beyond New Hampshire, there is another community also named Spring Haven in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Nova Scotia
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Spring Haven.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Spring Haven ...

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.

  • Bear Island
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bear Island have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Island
    • Bear Island is located in Belknap County
  • Dockham Shore
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dockham Shore have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dockham Shore
    • Dockham Shore is located in Belknap County
  • Federal Corner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Corner
    • Federal Corner is located in Carroll County
  • Goose Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goose Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Corner
    • Goose Corner is located in Carroll County
  • Loon Cove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loon Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loon Cove
    • Loon Cove is located in Belknap County
  • Lovejoy Sands
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lovejoy Sands have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovejoy Sands
    • Lovejoy Sands is located in Belknap County
  • Mallard Cove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mallard Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Cove
    • Mallard Cove is located in Belknap County
  • Melvin Village
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Melvin Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Village
    • Melvin Village is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Melvin Village <3>
  • Mirror Lake
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mirror Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mirror Lake
    • Mirror Lake is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mirror Lake <3>
  • Union Wharf
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Wharf have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Wharf
    • Union Wharf is located in Carroll County
  • Wildwood Village
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wildwood Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Village
    • Wildwood Village is located in Belknap County

How Far From Spring Haven 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 Spring Haven to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Spring Haven and extending to:

  • Laconia, which is the Seat of Belknap County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<4> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Spring Haven to Concord, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 437 miles [703.3 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 25 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,468 miles [8,799.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,181 miles [9,947.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,057 miles [6,529.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Spring Haven. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Belknap County: www.belknapcounty.org/

The official website for State of New Hampshire: https://www.nh.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Spring Haven 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.
<2>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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 from Point A (ie- Spring Haven) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Spring Haven. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.5547, Longitude: -71.3185       In this case, the coordinates for Spring Haven have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 Spring Haven to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.948 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.742 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.069 degrees.




 

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