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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 Briggs Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Briggs Corner 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 Briggs Corner:
- 41.912017, -71.258778
- 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 Briggs 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 Bristol County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bristol County
- Since Briggs Corner is near Providence County and also Norfolk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Providence County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Norfolk 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 Briggs Corner
Communities Also Named Briggs Corner ...
We found three communities that are also named Briggs Corner.
Within Massachusetts, the name Briggs Corner is unique.
Beyond Massachusetts, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maine
- York County
- This Briggs Corner is located in York County and lies 86 miles [138.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Briggs Corner that is located in Bristol County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Briggs Corner.
- New Brunswick
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Briggs Corner.
- New York
- Lewis County
- This Briggs Corner is located in Lewis County and lies 255 miles [410.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Briggs Corner that is located in Bristol County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Briggs Corner.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Briggs 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.
- Carpenters Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Copper Works
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Copper Works is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Works
- Cranes Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cranes Station is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranes Station
- Dodgeville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Dodgeville is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Happy Hollow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Happy Hollow is located in Providence County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Hollow
- Harris
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Harris is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Meadow Brook
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Meadow Brook is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook
- Norton Furnace ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Norton Furnace is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton Furnace
- Perrys Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Perrys Corner is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Corner
- Plainville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Plainville is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,280 people
- Purdy Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Purdy Corner is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy Corner
- Robinsonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Robinsonville is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsonville
- Woodlawn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Briggs Corner to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Briggs Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Briggs Corner and extending to:
- Taunton, which is the Seat of Bristol County, lies just to the East.
- Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Briggs Corner to Boston, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 368 miles [592.2 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<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 6,235 miles [10,034.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,111 miles [6,616 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
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 from Point A (ie- Briggs Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Briggs Corner 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. |
| <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 Briggs 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 Briggs Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9120, Longitude: -71.2588 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.16 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.704 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.888 degrees. |
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