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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 Strafford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Strafford 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 Strafford:
- 43.326965, -71.184707
- 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 Strafford
- 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 Strafford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Strafford County
- Since Strafford is near Belknap County and also Rockingham 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 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 Strafford
Communities Also Named Strafford ...
We found four communities that are also named Strafford.
Within New Hampshire, the name Strafford is unique.
Beyond New Hampshire, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Massachusetts
- Worcester County
- 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 Massachusetts community of Strafford [Worcester County].
- Missouri
- Greene County
- This Strafford is located in Greene County and lies 1,224 miles [1,969.8 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Strafford that is located in Strafford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Strafford.
- Pennsylvania
- Chester County
- This Strafford is located in Chester County and lies 313 miles [503.7 km]<2> to the southwest of the Strafford that is located in Strafford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Strafford.
- Vermont
- Orange County
- This Strafford is located in Orange County and lies 70 miles [112.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Strafford that is located in Strafford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Strafford.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Strafford ...
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 Lake Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hills Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hills Corner is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Corner
- Hornetown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hornetown is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornetown
- Lockes Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lockes Corner is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockes Corner
- Merrill Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Merrill Corners is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill Corners
- Place
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rings Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rings Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rings Corner
- Welshs Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Welshs Corner is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshs Corner
How Far From Strafford 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 Strafford to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Strafford and extending to:
- Dover, which is the Seat of Strafford County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Strafford to Dover, with an average speed<3> 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 five to six hours.
- Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 19 miles [30.6 km] to the west southwest (WSW). The buggy would take 6 hours and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 431 miles [693.6 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,472 miles [8,806.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,183 miles [9,950.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,059 miles [6,532.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Strafford 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Strafford) 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 Strafford 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 Strafford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.3270, Longitude: -71.1847 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.902 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.652 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.126 degrees. |
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