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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 West Campton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Campton 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 West Campton:
- 43.847293, -71.665912
- 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 West Campton
- 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 Grafton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grafton County
- Since West Campton is near Carroll County and also Belknap County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Belknap 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 West Campton
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Campton ...
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.
- Big Rock Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Big Rock Corner is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock Corner
- Blair
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Blair is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Breezy Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Breezy Point is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Point
- Center Sandwich
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Chicks Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Chicks Corner is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicks Corner
- Deephaven
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Deephaven is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deephaven
- Goose Hollow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Goose Hollow is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Hollow
- Hebron
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Plymouth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sandwich Landing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sandwich Landing is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandwich Landing
- Tripoli Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Tripoli Mill is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tripoli Mill
How Far From West Campton 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 West Campton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in West Campton and extending to:
- Woodsville, which is the Seat of Grafton County, lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from West Campton to Woodsville, with an average speed<3> 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.
- Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 44 miles [70.8 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 440 miles [708.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,471 miles [8,804.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,186 miles [9,955.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,061 miles [6,535.5 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- West Campton) 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 West Campton 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 West Campton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.8473, Longitude: -71.6659 In this case, the coordinates for West Campton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.115 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.979 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.08 degrees. |
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