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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 Attleboro Falls, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Attleboro Falls 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 Attleboro Falls:
- 41.970933, -71.316165
- 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 Attleboro Falls
- 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 Bristol County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bristol County
- Since Attleboro Falls is near Norfolk County and also Providence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Norfolk County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Providence 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 Attleboro Falls
Curious and Interesting Names Near Attleboro Falls ...
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.
- Burnt Swamp Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Burnt Swamp Corner is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Swamp Corner
- Copper Works
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Copper Works is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Works
- Diamond Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Diamond Hill is located in Providence County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Hill
- Dodgeville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dodgeville is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Foxvale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Foxvale is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxvale
- Happy Hollow
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Happy Hollow is located in Providence County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Hollow
- Lime Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lime Rock is located in Providence County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Rock
- Meadow Brook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Meadow Brook is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook
- Plainville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Plainville is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,280 people
- Purdy Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Purdy Corner is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy Corner
- Robinsonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Robinsonville is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsonville
How Far From Attleboro Falls to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Attleboro Falls to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Attleboro Falls and extending to:
- Taunton, which is the Seat of Bristol County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Attleboro Falls to Taunton, with an average speed<2> 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.
- Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 30 miles [48.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 367 miles [590.6 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,530 miles [8,899.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,235 miles [10,034.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,112 miles [6,617.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Attleboro Falls) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Attleboro Falls 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 Attleboro Falls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9709, Longitude: -71.3162 In this case, the coordinates for Attleboro Falls have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.186 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.743 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.884 degrees. |
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