Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Longmeadow:
  • 42.064540, -72.512586
  • 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 Longmeadow

• 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 Hampden County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hampden County
  • Since East Longmeadow is near Hartford County and also Tolland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hartford County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Tolland 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 Longmeadow

Curious and Interesting Names Near East Longmeadow ...

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.

• Baptist Village
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Baptist Village is located in Hampden County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptist Village
• Crescent Grove ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Crescent Grove is located in Hartford County (CT)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Grove
• Forest Park
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Forest Park is located in Hampden County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
• Hazardville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Hazardville is located in Hartford County (CT)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazardville
• Indian Orchard
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Indian Orchard is located in Hampden County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Orchard
• Liberty Heights
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Liberty Heights is located in Hampden County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Heights
• Longmeadow
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Longmeadow is located in Hampden County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longmeadow
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,624 people
• Pine Point
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Pine Point is located in Hampden County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Point
• Shaker Pines
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Shaker Pines is located in Hartford County (CT)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Pines

How Far From East Longmeadow 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 East Longmeadow 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 Longmeadow and extending to:

• Springfield, which is the Seat of Hampden County, lies just to the Northwest.
• Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 77 miles [123.9 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from East Longmeadow to Boston, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 322 miles [518.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,576 miles [8,973.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,285 miles [10,114.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,161 miles [6,696.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'