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 Chestnut Hill:
42.330653, -71.166165
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 Chestnut Hill
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 38 communities that are also named Chestnut Hill.
Within Massachusetts, the name Chestnut Hill is unique.
Beyond Massachusetts, we know of 38 communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Tuscaloosa County
This Chestnut Hill is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 1,090 miles [1,754.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Chestnut Hill that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Chestnut Hill.
Connecticut
New London County
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 Connecticut community of Chestnut Hill [New London County].
Tolland County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Chestnut Hill [Tolland County].
Georgia
Carroll County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Chestnut Hill [Carroll County].
Cobb County
This Chestnut Hill is located in Cobb County and lies 922 miles [1,483.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Chestnut Hill that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cobb County community of Chestnut Hill.
Jackson County
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 Georgia community of Chestnut Hill [Jackson County].
Indiana
Clark County
This Chestnut Hill is located in Clark County and lies 819 miles [1,318.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Chestnut Hill that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Chestnut Hill.
Hamilton County
This Chestnut Hill is located in Hamilton County and lies 785 miles [1,263.3 km] to the west of the Chestnut Hill that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Chestnut Hill.
Porter County
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 Indiana community of Chestnut Hill [Porter County].
Washington County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Chestnut Hill [Washington County].
Kentucky
Letcher County
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 Kentucky community of Chestnut Hill [Letcher County].
Maryland
Baltimore County
This Chestnut Hill is located in Baltimore County and lies 349 miles [561.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Chestnut Hill that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Chestnut Hill.
Harford County
This Chestnut Hill is located in Harford County and lies 329 miles [529.5 km] to the west southwest of the Chestnut Hill that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Chestnut Hill.
Howard County
This Chestnut Hill is located in Howard County and lies 361 miles [581 km] to the west southwest of the Chestnut Hill that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Chestnut Hill.
Wicomico County
This Chestnut Hill is located in Wicomico County and lies 355 miles [571.3 km] to the southwest of the Chestnut Hill that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wicomico County community of Chestnut Hill.
New Jersey
Essex County
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 Jersey community of Chestnut Hill [Essex County].
New York
Onondaga County
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 York community of Chestnut Hill [Onondaga County].
North Carolina
Ashe County
This Chestnut Hill is located in Ashe County and lies 675 miles [1,086.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Chestnut Hill that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashe County community of Chestnut Hill.
Henderson County
This Chestnut Hill is located in Henderson County and lies 763 miles [1,227.9 km] to the southwest of the Chestnut Hill that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Chestnut Hill.
Pennsylvania
Dauphin County
This Chestnut Hill is located in Dauphin County and lies 324 miles [521.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Chestnut Hill that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dauphin County community of Chestnut Hill.
Erie County
This Chestnut Hill is located in Erie County and lies 456 miles [733.9 km] to the west of the Chestnut Hill that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Chestnut Hill.
Lancaster County
This Chestnut Hill is located in Lancaster County and lies 316 miles [508.6 km] to the west southwest of the Chestnut Hill that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Chestnut Hill.
Lehigh County
This Chestnut Hill is located in Lehigh County and lies 257 miles [413.6 km] to the west southwest of the Chestnut Hill that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lehigh County community of Chestnut Hill.
Northampton County
This Chestnut Hill is located in Northampton County and lies 237 miles [381.4 km] to the west southwest of the Chestnut Hill that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northampton County community of Chestnut Hill.
Philadelphia County
This Chestnut Hill is located in Philadelphia County and lies 261 miles [420 km] to the southwest of the Chestnut Hill that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Philadelphia County community of Chestnut Hill.
York County
This Chestnut Hill is located in York County and lies 344 miles [553.6 km] to the west southwest of the Chestnut Hill that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Chestnut Hill.
Tennessee
Benton County
This Chestnut Hill is located in Benton County and lies 996 miles [1,602.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Chestnut Hill that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Chestnut Hill.
Cumberland County
This Chestnut Hill is located in Cumberland County and lies 855 miles [1,376 km] to the west southwest of the Chestnut Hill that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Chestnut Hill.
Jefferson County
This Chestnut Hill is located in Jefferson County and lies 786 miles [1,264.9 km] to the west southwest of the Chestnut Hill that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Chestnut Hill.
Sumner County
This Chestnut Hill is located in Sumner County and lies 903 miles [1,453.2 km] to the west southwest of the Chestnut Hill that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumner County community of Chestnut Hill.
Williamson County
This Chestnut Hill is located in Williamson County and lies 944 miles [1,519.2 km] to the west southwest of the Chestnut Hill that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Chestnut Hill.
Virginia
Chesterfield County
This Chestnut Hill is located in Chesterfield County and lies 478 miles [769.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Chestnut Hill that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesterfield County community of Chestnut Hill.
Fairfax County
This Chestnut Hill is located in Fairfax County and lies 399 miles [642.1 km] to the southwest of the Chestnut Hill that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Chestnut Hill.
James City County
This Chestnut Hill is located in James City County and lies 460 miles [740.3 km] to the southwest of the Chestnut Hill that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the James City County community of Chestnut Hill.
King George County
This Chestnut Hill is located in King George County and lies 418 miles [672.7 km] to the southwest of the Chestnut Hill that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the King George County community of Chestnut Hill.
Richmond County
This Chestnut Hill is located in Richmond County and lies 466 miles [750 km] to the southwest of the Chestnut Hill that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Chestnut Hill.
West Virginia
Hancock County
This Chestnut Hill is located in Hancock County and lies 503 miles [809.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Chestnut Hill that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Chestnut Hill.
Marshall County
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 West Virginia community of Chestnut Hill [Marshall County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chestnut Hill ...
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.
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 Chestnut Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Chestnut Hill and extending to:
Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies just to the east northeast (ENE).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 388 miles [624.4 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Chestnut Hill to White House, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 22 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 16 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,509 miles [8,865.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,216 miles [10,003.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,093 miles [6,587 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Chestnut Hill) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Chestnut Hill 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>
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 Chestnut Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Chestnut Hill 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 Chestnut Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3307, Longitude: -71.1662 In this case, the coordinates for Chestnut Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.044 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.643 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.634 degrees.