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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 Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Junction 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 East Junction:
    • 41.908433, -71.307831
    • 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 Junction
  • 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 East Junction 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 East Junction

Communities Also Named East Junction ...

We found five communities that are also named East Junction.

Within Massachusetts, the name East Junction is unique.

Beyond Massachusetts, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of East Junction [New Castle County].
    • Illinois
      • Stephenson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of East Junction [Stephenson County].
    • North Carolina
      • Richmond County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of East Junction [Richmond County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Custer County
      • This East Junction is located in Custer County and lies 1,546 miles [2,488 km]<2> to the west of the East Junction that is located in Bristol County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Custer County community of East Junction.
    • Tennessee
      • Shelby County
      • This East Junction is located in Shelby County and lies 1,114 miles [1,792.8 km]<2> to the west southwest of the East Junction that is located in Bristol County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of East Junction.

Curious and Interesting Names Near East Junction ...

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
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Carpenters Corner is located in Providence County (RI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenters Corner
  • Copper Works
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Copper Works is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Works
  • Cork Hill ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Cork Hill is located in Providence County (RI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cork Hill
  • Diamond Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Diamond Hill is located in Providence County (RI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Hill
  • Dodgeville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Dodgeville is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
  • Fairlawn
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Fairlawn is located in Providence County (RI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn
  • Foxes Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Foxes Hill is located in Providence County (RI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxes Hill
  • Geneva
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Geneva is located in Providence County (RI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
  • Happy Hollow
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Happy Hollow is located in Providence County (RI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Hollow
  • Harris
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Harris is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
  • Kent Heights
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Kent Heights is located in Providence County (RI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Heights
  • Leonard Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Leonard Corner is located in Providence County (RI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard Corner
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Lime Rock
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Lime Rock is located in Providence County (RI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Rock
    • Luthers Corners
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Luthers Corners is located in Bristol County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luthers Corners
    • Marieville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Marieville is located in Providence County (RI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marieville
    • Meadow Brook
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Meadow Brook is located in Bristol County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook
    • Norton Furnace ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Norton Furnace is located in Bristol County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton Furnace
    • Perrys Corner
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Perrys Corner is located in Bristol County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Corner
    • Plainville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Plainville is located in Norfolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,280 people
    • Providence
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Providence is located in Providence County (RI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 179,270 people
    • Purdy Corner
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Purdy Corner is located in Bristol County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy Corner
    • Robinsonville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Robinsonville is located in Bristol County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsonville
    • Six Corners
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Six Corners is located in Providence County (RI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Corners
    • Woodlawn
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Woodlawn is located in Providence County (RI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

How Far From East Junction 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 East Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in East Junction and extending to:

  • Taunton, which is the Seat of Bristol County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from East Junction to Taunton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 33 miles [53.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 365 miles [587.4 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving 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 5,532 miles [8,902.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,237 miles [10,037.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,114 miles [6,620.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 East Junction 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.
<2>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- East Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 East Junction 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 Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9084, Longitude: -71.3078       In this case, the coordinates for East Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.19 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.737 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.911 degrees.