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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 Center Harbor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Center Harbor 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 Center Harbor:
- 43.681185, -71.567020
- 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 Center Harbor
- 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 Belknap County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Belknap County
- Since West Center Harbor is near Grafton County and also Carroll County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grafton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll 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 Center Harbor
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Center Harbor ...
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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bear Island is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Island
- Big Rock Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Big Rock Corner is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock Corner
- Blair
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Blair is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Center Sandwich
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chicks Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chicks Corner is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicks Corner
- Deephaven
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Deephaven is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deephaven
- Dockham Shore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dockham Shore is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dockham Shore
- Lees Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lees Mill is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Mill
- Lovejoy Sands
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lovejoy Sands is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovejoy Sands
- Mallard Cove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mallard Cove is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Cove
- Plymouth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sandwich
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sandwich is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,367 people
- Sandwich Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sandwich Landing is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandwich Landing
- Wildwood Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Wildwood Village is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Village
How Far From West Center Harbor 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 Center Harbor 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 Center Harbor and extending to:
- Laconia, which is the Seat of Belknap County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from West Center Harbor to Laconia, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 32 miles [51.5 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 just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 435 miles [700.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving 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 5,474 miles [8,809.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,188 miles [9,958.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,063 miles [6,538.8 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 'straight-line' (or 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 Center Harbor) 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 Center Harbor 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 Center Harbor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6812, Longitude: -71.5670 In this case, the coordinates for West Center Harbor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.08 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.912 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.12 degrees. |
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