Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Camp Sayre, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Camp Sayre and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Camp Sayre

• 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 Camp Sayre:
  • 42.233432, -71.093939
  • 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 Camp Sayre

• 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 Camp Sayre is near Suffolk County and also Middlesex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Suffolk County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex 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 Camp Sayre

Curious and Interesting Names Near Camp Sayre ...

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.

• Braintree
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Braintree is located in Norfolk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braintree
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 37,074 people
• Cedar Grove
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Cedar Grove is located in Suffolk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
• Fields Corner
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Fields Corner is located in Suffolk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Corner
• Five Corners
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Five Corners is located in Norfolk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
• Greenlodge
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Greenlodge is located in Norfolk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlodge
• Grove Hall
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Grove Hall is located in Suffolk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Hall
• Highland
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Highland is located in Suffolk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
• Meeting House Hill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Meeting House Hill is located in Suffolk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeting House Hill
• Merrymount
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Merrymount is located in Norfolk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrymount
• Milton Center
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Milton Center is located in Norfolk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Center
• Mount Hope
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Mount Hope is located in Suffolk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
• Randolph
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Randolph is located in Norfolk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
  • Estimated population in 2019: 34,362 people
• Readville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Readville is located in Suffolk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readville
• Summer Heights
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Summer Heights is located in Norfolk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Heights

How Far From Camp Sayre 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 Camp Sayre to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Camp Sayre and extending to:

• Dedham, which is the Seat of Norfolk County, lies just to the West.
• Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Camp Sayre to Boston, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 387 miles [622.8 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 22 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,510 miles [8,867.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,216 miles [10,003.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,093 miles [6,587 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'