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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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on East Norton
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named East Norton ...

We found two communities that share the name 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

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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copper Works have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Works
    • Copper Works is located in Bristol County
  • Cranes Station
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cranes Station have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranes Station
    • Cranes Station is located in Bristol County
  • Five Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
    • Five Corners is located in Bristol County
  • Foxvale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foxvale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxvale
    • Foxvale is located in Norfolk County
  • Furnace Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Furnace Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village
    • Furnace Village is located in Bristol County
  • Meadow Brook
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook
    • Meadow Brook is located in Bristol County
  • Norton Furnace ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norton Furnace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton Furnace
    • Norton Furnace is located in Bristol County
  • Pratts Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pratts Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts Corner
    • Pratts Corner is located in Bristol County
  • Prattville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prattville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattville
    • Prattville is located in Bristol County
  • Purdy Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Purdy Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy Corner
    • Purdy Corner is located in Bristol County
  • Robinsonville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robinsonville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsonville
    • Robinsonville is located in Bristol County

How Far From East Norton 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 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<4> 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<5> 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).<6>
  • 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).<7>
  • 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).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for East Norton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/

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 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' 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.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).
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 East Norton to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.099 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.645 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.817 degrees.




 

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