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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 Concord, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Concord and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Concord:
    • 43.243691, -71.572851
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on West Concord
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named West Concord ...

We found four communities that share the name West Concord.

Within New Hampshire, the name West Concord is unique.

Beyond New Hampshire, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Massachusetts
      • Middlesex County
      • This West Concord is located in Middlesex County and lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<1> to the south of the West Concord that is located in Merrimack County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of West Concord.
    • Minnesota
      • Dodge County
      • This West Concord is located in Dodge County and lies 1,063 miles [1,710.7 km]<1> to the west of the West Concord that is located in Merrimack County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dodge County community of West Concord.
    • North Carolina
      • Cabarrus County
      • This West Concord is located in Cabarrus County and lies 724 miles [1,165.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the West Concord that is located in Merrimack County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cabarrus County community of West Concord.
    • Vermont
      • Essex 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 Vermont community of West Concord [Essex County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near West Concord ...

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
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow
    • Bow is located in Merrimack County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,063 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bow <4>
  • Bow Bog
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bow Bog have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Bog
    • Bow Bog is located in Merrimack County
  • Bow Center
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bow Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Center
    • Bow Center is located in Merrimack County
  • Bow Junction
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bow Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Junction
    • Bow Junction is located in Merrimack County
  • Dingit Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dingit Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dingit Corner
    • Dingit Corner is located in Merrimack County
  • Horse Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Corner
    • Horse Corner is located in Merrimack County
  • Pearls Corner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pearls Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearls Corner
    • Pearls Corner is located in Merrimack County
  • Shaker Village
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shaker Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
    • Shaker Village is located in Merrimack County
  • Suncook
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Swetts Mills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swetts Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swetts Mills
    • Swetts Mills is located in Merrimack County

How Far From West Concord 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 Concord to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in West Concord and extending to:

  • Concord, which is the Seat of Merrimack County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies just to the southeast (SE).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 413 miles [664.7 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from West Concord to White House, with an average speed<5>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 17 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,491 miles [8,836.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,203 miles [9,982.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,078 miles [6,562.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for West Concord. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of New Hampshire: https://www.nh.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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- West Concord) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in West Concord. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.2437, Longitude: -71.5729       In this case, the coordinates for West Concord have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 West Concord 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Concord to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.151 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.918 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.35 degrees.




 

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