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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 Norton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Norton 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 Norton:
    • 41.975100, -71.170327
    • 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 Norton
  • 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 Norton is near Norfolk County and also Plymouth County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Norfolk County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Plymouth 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 Norton

Communities Also Named East Norton ...

We found two communities that are also named East Norton.

Within Massachusetts, the name East Norton is unique.

Beyond Massachusetts, there is another community also named East Norton in the United States.

In addition to the above occurrences of East Norton, we know of another community located outside of the United States and Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Virginia
      • Norton City
      • 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 Virginia community of East Norton [Norton City].
  • Communities Beyond North America ...
    • England
      • Distance: 3,238 miles [5,211.1 km]<2> to the northeast
      • Open a Google Map centered on East Norton

Curious and Interesting Names Near East Norton ...

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.

  • Copper Works
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Copper Works is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Works
  • Cranes Station
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Cranes Station is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranes Station
  • Five Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Five Corners is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
  • Foxvale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Foxvale is located in Norfolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxvale
  • Furnace Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Furnace Village is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village
  • Meadow Brook
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Meadow Brook is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook
  • Norton Furnace ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Norton Furnace is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton Furnace
  • Pratts Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Pratts Corner is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts Corner
  • Prattville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Prattville is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattville
  • Purdy Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Purdy Corner is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy Corner
  • Robinsonville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Robinsonville is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsonville

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

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

  • Taunton, which is the Seat of Bristol County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from East Norton to Boston, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 374 miles [601.9 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,523 miles [8,888.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,229 miles [10,024.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,105 miles [6,606.4 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Norton 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' (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 Norton) 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 Norton 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 Norton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9751, Longitude: -71.1703       In this case, the coordinates for East Norton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.099 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.645 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.817 degrees.