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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 Salisbury, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Salisbury 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 Salisbury:
    • 43.398965, -71.780357
    • 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 Salisbury
  • 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 Salisbury ...

We found three communities that share the name West Salisbury.

Within New Hampshire, the name West Salisbury is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • North Carolina
      • Rowan County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of West Salisbury [Rowan County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Somerset County
      • This West Salisbury is located in Somerset County and lies 453 miles [729 km]<2> to the west southwest of the West Salisbury that is located in Merrimack County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of West Salisbury.
    • Vermont
      • Addison County
      • This West Salisbury is located in Addison County and lies 77 miles [123.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the West Salisbury that is located in Merrimack County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Addison County community of West Salisbury.

Curious and Interesting Names Near West Salisbury ...

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.

  • Dingit Corner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • 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
  • Franklin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Franklin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
    • Franklin is located in Merrimack County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,753 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Franklin <4>
  • Hill Center
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Center
    • Hill Center is located in Merrimack County
  • Pages Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pages Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pages Corner
    • Pages Corner is located in Merrimack County
  • Potter Place
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Place
    • Potter Place is located in Merrimack County
  • Salisbury
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salisbury have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
    • Salisbury is located in Merrimack County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,468 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salisbury <4>
  • Salisbury Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salisbury Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury Heights
    • Salisbury Heights is located in Merrimack County
  • Scribners Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scribners Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scribners Corner
    • Scribners Corner is located in Merrimack County
  • Shingle Mill Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shingle Mill Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shingle Mill Corner
    • Shingle Mill Corner is located in Merrimack County
  • Swetts Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • 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 Salisbury 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 Salisbury to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Concord, which is the Seat of Merrimack County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from West Salisbury to Concord, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 18 miles [29 km] to the southeast (SE). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 413 miles [664.7 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,494 miles [8,841.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,207 miles [9,989.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,082 miles [6,569.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for West Salisbury. 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>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Salisbury 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.
<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 Salisbury) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in West Salisbury. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.3990, Longitude: -71.7804       In this case, the coordinates for West Salisbury have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Salisbury 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 304.254 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.06 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.367 degrees.




 

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