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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 Wendell, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wendell 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 Wendell:
- 43.373685, -72.249811
- 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 Wendell
- 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 Sullivan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan County
- Since Wendell is near Windsor County and also Merrimack County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Windsor County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Merrimack 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 Wendell
Communities Also Named Wendell ...
We found seven communities that are also named Wendell.
Within New Hampshire, the name Wendell is unique.
Beyond New Hampshire, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Idaho
- Gooding County
- This Wendell is located in Gooding County and lies 2,118 miles [3,408.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Wendell that is located in Sullivan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gooding County community of Wendell.
- Kansas
- Butler County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Wendell [Butler County].
- Edwards County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Wendell [Edwards County].
- Massachusetts
- Franklin County
- This Wendell is located in Franklin County and lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<1> to the south of the Wendell that is located in Sullivan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Wendell.
- Minnesota
- Grant County
- This Wendell is located in Grant County and lies 1,180 miles [1,899 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Wendell that is located in Sullivan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Wendell.
- North Carolina
- Wake County
- This Wendell is located in Wake County and lies 619 miles [996.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Wendell that is located in Sullivan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Wendell.
- Texas
- Jeff Davis County
- Although located in Jeff Davis County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jeff Davis County community of Wendell.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wendell ...
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.
- Cornish
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cornish Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cornish Center is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish Center
- Cornish City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cornish City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish City
- Cornish Flat
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cornish Flat is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish Flat
- Cornish Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cornish Mills is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish Mills
- Crescent Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Crescent Lake is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Lake
- Guild
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Guild is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guild
- Puckershire
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Puckershire is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckershire
- Quaker City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Quaker City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker City
- Unity
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Unity is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,616 people
How Far From Wendell 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 Wendell to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wendell and extending to:
- Newport, which is the Seat of Sullivan County, lies just to the East.
- Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Wendell to Concord, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 396 miles [637.3 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 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,514 miles [8,873.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,228 miles [10,023 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,103 miles [6,603.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Wendell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Wendell 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Wendell 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 Wendell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.3737, Longitude: -72.2498 In this case, the coordinates for Wendell have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.546 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.382 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.599 degrees. |
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