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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 Belchers Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Belchers Corner 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 Belchers Corner:
    • 42.133433, -71.109216
    • 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 Belchers Corner
  • 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 Norfolk County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Norfolk County
    • Since Belchers Corner is near Plymouth County and also Bristol County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Plymouth County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bristol 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 Belchers Corner

Curious and Interesting Names Near Belchers Corner ...

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.

  • Cedar
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Cedar is located in Norfolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
  • Five Corners
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Five Corners is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
  • Four Corners
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Four Corners is located in Norfolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
  • Furnace Village
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Furnace Village is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village
  • Greenlodge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenlodge is located in Norfolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlodge
  • Manleys Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Manleys Corner is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manleys Corner
  • Marshall Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Marshall Corner is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Corner
  • Plimptonville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Plimptonville is located in Norfolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plimptonville
  • Randolph
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Randolph is located in Norfolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
    • Estimated population in 2019: 34,362 people
  • Readville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Readville is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readville
  • Summer Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Summer Heights is located in Norfolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Heights
  • Winters Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Winters Corner is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winters Corner

How Far From Belchers Corner 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 Belchers Corner 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<1> community of Belchers Corner once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Belchers Corner and extending to:

  • Dedham, which is the Seat of Norfolk County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Belchers Corner to Boston, with an average speed<3> 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 382 miles [614.8 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,515 miles [8,875.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,221 miles [10,011.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,097 miles [6,593.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Belchers Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Belchers Corner) 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 Belchers Corner 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 Belchers Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1334, Longitude: -71.1092       In this case, the coordinates for Belchers Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.039 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.604 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.709 degrees.