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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 Beaver Brook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Beaver Brook 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 Beaver Brook:
    • 42.579261, -70.957829
    • 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 Beaver Brook
  • 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 Beaver Brook ...

We found eight communities that share the name Beaver Brook.

There are two communities within Massachusetts that are also named Beaver Brook.

Beyond Massachusetts, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, six are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Massachusetts ...
    • Middlesex 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 Massachusetts community of Beaver Brook [Middlesex County].
    • Worcester County
      • This Beaver Brook is located in Worcester County and lies 49 miles [78.9 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Beaver Brook that is located in Essex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Beaver Brook.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • New Castle 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 Delaware community of Beaver Brook [New Castle County].
    • New Brunswick
      • This Beaver Brook lies 373 miles [600.3 km]<2> to the northeast of the Beaver Brook that is located in Essex County.
    • New York
      • Sullivan 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 New York community of Beaver Brook [Sullivan County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Beaver Brook lies 419 miles [674.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Beaver Brook that is located in Essex County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Luzerne County
      • This Beaver Brook is located in Luzerne County and lies 283 miles [455.4 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Beaver Brook that is located in Essex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Beaver Brook.
    • Wisconsin
      • Washburn County
      • This Beaver Brook is located in Washburn County and lies 1,054 miles [1,696.2 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Beaver Brook that is located in Essex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washburn County community of Beaver Brook.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Beaver Brook ...

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.

  • Beverly
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
    • Beverly is located in Essex County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 42,242 people
  • Centerville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centerville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
    • Centerville is located in Essex County
  • Derby Wharf
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Derby Wharf have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby Wharf
    • Derby Wharf is located in Essex County
  • Kings Forest
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Forest
    • Kings Forest is located in Essex County
  • Kinsman Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kinsman Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinsman Corner
    • Kinsman Corner is located in Essex County
  • Lynn
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
    • Lynn is located in Essex County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 94,539 people
  • Lynnfield
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnfield
    • Lynnfield is located in Essex County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,040 people
  • Marblehead
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marblehead have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marblehead
    • Marblehead is located in Essex County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,551 people
  • Nancys Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nancys Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nancys Corner
    • Nancys Corner is located in Essex County
  • Peabody
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peabody
    • Peabody is located in Essex County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 53,063 people
  • Prides Crossing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prides Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prides Crossing
    • Prides Crossing is located in Essex County
  • Reading
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reading have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
    • Reading is located in Middlesex County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,535 people

How Far From Beaver Brook 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 Beaver Brook to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Beaver Brook once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Beaver Brook and extending to:

  • Salem, which is the Seat of Essex County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Beaver Brook to Boston, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 406 miles [653.4 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 16 days and walking would take 23 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 east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,199 miles [9,976.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,075 miles [6,558.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.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 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 Beaver Brook 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 from Point A (ie- Beaver Brook) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Beaver Brook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5793, Longitude: -70.9578       In this case, the coordinates for Beaver Brook 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>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 Beaver Brook, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Beaver Brook 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 303.881 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.502 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.412 degrees.




 

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