Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Whitefield, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Whitefield and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Whitefield
- 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 Whitefield:
- 44.372823, -71.611718
- 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 Whitefield
- 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 Coos County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Coos County
- Since Whitefield is near Grafton County and also Essex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Grafton County
- eBird sighting report for Essex 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Whitefield ...
We found nine communities that share the name Whitefield.
Within New Hampshire, the name Whitefield is unique.
Beyond New Hampshire, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Lincoln County
- This Whitefield is located in Lincoln County and lies 1,285 miles [2,068 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Whitefield that is located in Coos County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Whitefield.
- Illinois
- Bureau County
- This Whitefield is located in Bureau County and lies 931 miles [1,498.3 km]<1> to the west of the Whitefield that is located in Coos County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bureau County community of Whitefield.
- Iowa
- Jefferson County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Whitefield [Jefferson County].
- Kansas
- Shawnee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Whitefield [Shawnee County].
- Maine
- Lincoln County
- This Whitefield is located in Lincoln County and lies 99 miles [159.3 km]<1> to the east of the Whitefield that is located in Coos County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Whitefield.
- Montana
- Missoula County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Whitefield [Missoula County].
- Oklahoma
- Haskell County
- This Whitefield is located in Haskell County and lies 1,395 miles [2,245 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Whitefield that is located in Coos County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Haskell County community of Whitefield.
- South Carolina
- Spartanburg County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Whitefield [Spartanburg County].
- Virginia
- Salem City
- This Whitefield is located in Salem City and lies 657 miles [1,057.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Whitefield that is located in Coos County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salem City community of Whitefield.
- Arkansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Whitefield ...
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.
- Baptist Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baptist Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptist Hill
- Baptist Hill is located in Essex County (VT)
- Five Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Five Corners is located in Grafton County
- Littleton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Littleton is located in Grafton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,902 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Littleton <5>
- Lost Nation
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lost Nation have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Nation
- Lost Nation is located in Coos County
- Maplewood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Maplewood is located in Grafton County
- Miles Pond
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Miles Pond have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Pond
- Miles Pond is located in Essex County (VT)
- Pierce Bridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pierce Bridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Bridge
- Pierce Bridge is located in Grafton County
- Texas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Twin Mountain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Mountain
- Twin Mountain is located in Coos County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Twin Mountain <5>
How Far From Whitefield 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 Whitefield to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Whitefield and extending to:
- Lancaster, which is the Seat of Coos County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 80 miles [128.7 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Whitefield to Concord, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 470 miles [756.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,449 miles [8,769.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,166 miles [9,923.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,041 miles [6,503.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Whitefield. 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Whitefield) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Whitefield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.3728, Longitude: -71.6117 |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Whitefield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Whitefield 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Whitefield to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.997 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.937 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.777 degrees. |