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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 East Dennis, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Dennis 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 East Dennis:
- 41.742769, -70.161513
- 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 East Dennis
- 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 Barnstable County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barnstable County
- Since East Dennis is near Plymouth County and also Nantucket County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Plymouth County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nantucket 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 East Dennis
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Dennis ...
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.
- Bass River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Campground Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Campground Landing is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campground Landing
- Centerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Craigville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Craigville is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigville
- Craigville Beach
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Craigville Beach is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigville Beach
- Dennis
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Dennis is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,890 people
- Dennis Port
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- First Encounter Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- First Encounter Beach is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First Encounter Beach
- Orleans
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Orleans is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,802 people
- Pleasant Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Lake is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lake
- Rock Harbor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Harbor is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Harbor
- Shooters Island
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shooters Island is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shooters Island
- Sunken Meadow Beach
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sunken Meadow Beach is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunken Meadow Beach
How Far From East Dennis 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 East Dennis to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in East Dennis and extending to:
- Barnstable, which is the Seat of Barnstable County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 62 miles [99.8 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from East Dennis to Boston, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 411 miles [661.4 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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 24 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,489 miles [8,833.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,191 miles [9,963.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,069 miles [6,548.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'
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 from Point A (ie- East Dennis) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 East Dennis 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 East Dennis. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7428, Longitude: -70.1615 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.536 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.972 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.491 degrees. |
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