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 Braggville:
42.166763, -71.480062
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 Braggville
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 Middlesex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found two communities that are also named Braggville.
Within Massachusetts, the name Braggville is unique.
Beyond Massachusetts, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Greene County
This Braggville is located in Greene County and lies 1,114 miles [1,792.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Braggville that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Braggville.
Montana
Garfield 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 Montana community of Braggville [Garfield County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Braggville ...
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.
Benjamins Landing (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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 Braggville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Braggville and extending to:
Cambridge, which is the Seat of Middlesex County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Braggville to Cambridge, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 25 miles [40.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 368 miles [592.2 km] to the southwest (SW). 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,529 miles [8,898.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,236 miles [10,035.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
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).<7>'
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- Braggville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Braggville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Braggville 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 Braggville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1668, Longitude: -71.4801 In this case, the coordinates for Braggville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.256 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.854 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.858 degrees.