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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.

  • 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 Briggs Corner:
    • 41.912600, -71.259218
    • 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 Briggs Corner
  • 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 Briggs Corner ...

We found three communities that share the name Briggs Corner.

Within Massachusetts, the name Briggs Corner is unique.

Beyond Massachusetts, we know of another three communities that are located throughout 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.

  • Copper Works
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copper Works have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Works
    • Copper Works is located in Bristol County
  • Cranes Station
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cranes Station have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranes Station
    • Cranes Station is located in Bristol County
  • Dodgeville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dodgeville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
    • Dodgeville is located in Bristol County
  • Happy Hollow
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Happy Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Hollow
    • Happy Hollow is located in Providence County (RI)
  • Harris
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harris have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
    • Harris is located in Bristol County
  • Meadow Brook
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook
    • Meadow Brook is located in Bristol County
  • Norton Furnace ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norton Furnace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton Furnace
    • Norton Furnace is located in Bristol County
  • Perrys Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Perrys Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Corner
    • Perrys Corner is located in Bristol County
  • Plainville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
    • Plainville is located in Norfolk County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,280 people
  • Purdy Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Purdy Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy Corner
    • Purdy Corner is located in Bristol County
  • Robinsonville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robinsonville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsonville
    • Robinsonville is located in Bristol County
  • Woodlawn
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
    • Woodlawn is located in Providence County (RI)

How Far From Briggs 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 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<4> 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<5> 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).<6>
  • 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).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,111 miles [6,616 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Briggs Corner. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Briggs Corner) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Briggs Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9126, Longitude: -71.2592       In this case, the coordinates for Briggs Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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>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>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.
<5>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.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.161 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.704 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.888 degrees.




 

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