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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 Walpole, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Walpole 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 Walpole:
- 42.161502, -71.210051
- 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 Walpole
- 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 Norfolk County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Norfolk County
- Since East Walpole is near Suffolk County and also Plymouth County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Suffolk 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 Walpole
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Walpole ...
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.
- Cedar
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
- Cedar Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Hill is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Dover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Farm Street Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Farm Street Station is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farm Street Station
- Four Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Four Corners is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Greenlodge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Greenlodge is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlodge
- Plimptonville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Plimptonville is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plimptonville
- Pondville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Readville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Readville is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readville
- Rockville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Summer Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Summer Heights is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Heights
How Far From East Walpole 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 Walpole 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 Walpole and extending to:
- Dedham, which is the Seat of Norfolk County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from East Walpole to Boston, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 379 miles [609.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,518 miles [8,880.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,224 miles [10,016.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,100 miles [6,598.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- East Walpole) 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 Walpole 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 Walpole. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1615, Longitude: -71.2101 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.095 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.672 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.74 degrees. |
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