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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 Epping, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Epping 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 Epping:
- 43.037308, -71.122561
- 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 Epping
- 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 Rockingham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rockingham County
- Since West Epping is near Strafford County and also Hillsborough County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Strafford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hillsborough 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 Epping
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Epping ...
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.
- Bean Island
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bean Island is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bean Island
- Cedar Waters
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Waters is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Waters
- Chester
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Danville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Four Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Four Corners is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Lee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lee is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,597 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lee <1>
- Littlefield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Littlefield is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlefield
- Marshall Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marshall Corner is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Corner
- Martin Crossing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Martin Crossing is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Crossing
- Onway Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Onway Lake is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onway Lake
- Raymond
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
How Far From West Epping to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs 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 Epping 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 Epping and extending to:
- Exeter, which is the Seat of Rockingham County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from West Epping to Exeter, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 23 miles [37 km] to the west northwest (WNW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 420 miles [675.9 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 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,480 miles [8,819.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,190 miles [9,961.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,066 miles [6,543.6 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- West Epping) 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 Epping 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 Epping. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0373, Longitude: -71.1226 In this case, the coordinates for West Epping have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.91 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.612 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.249 degrees. |
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