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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 Suncook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Suncook 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 Suncook:
- 43.130873, -71.452845
- 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 Suncook
- 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 Suncook 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 Suncook
Curious and Interesting Names Near Suncook ...
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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bow Bog
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bow Bog is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Bog
- Bow Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bow Center is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Center
- Bow Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bow Junction is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Junction
- Horse Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Martin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Martin is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Martins Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Martins Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Corner
- Short Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Short Falls is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Falls
How Far From Suncook 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 Suncook to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Suncook and extending to:
- Concord, which is the Seat of Merrimack County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies just to the northwest (NW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 412 miles [663 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Suncook 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 5,490 miles [8,835.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,202 miles [9,981.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,077 miles [6,561.3 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Suncook) 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 Suncook 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 Suncook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1309, Longitude: -71.4528 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.096 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.836 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.353 degrees. |
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