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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 Windsor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Windsor 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 Windsor:
    • 42.477911, -72.985718
    • 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 Windsor
  • 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 Windsor ...

We found five communities that share the name East Windsor.

Within Massachusetts, the name East Windsor is unique.

Beyond Massachusetts, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Sonoma County
      • This East Windsor is located in Sonoma County and lies 2,591 miles [4,169.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the East Windsor that is located in Berkshire County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sonoma County community of East Windsor.
    • Connecticut
      • Hartford County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Hartford County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hartford County community of East Windsor.
    • New Jersey
      • Mercer County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of East Windsor [Mercer County].
    • New York
      • Broome County
      • This East Windsor is located in Broome County and lies 136 miles [218.9 km]<1> to the west of the East Windsor that is located in Berkshire County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Broome County community of East Windsor.
    • Ontario
      • This East Windsor lies 509 miles [819.2 km]<1> to the west of the East Windsor that is located in Berkshire County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near East Windsor ...

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.

  • Arnoldville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Brush Hollow
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brush Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Hollow
    • Brush Hollow is located in Hampshire County
  • Coltsville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Dodge Corner
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dodge Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge Corner
    • Dodge Corner is located in Franklin County
  • Green Ridge Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Ridge Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge Park
    • Green Ridge Park is located in Berkshire County
  • King Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for King Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Corner
    • King Corner is located in Franklin County
  • Little Egypt
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Egypt have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Egypt
    • Little Egypt is located in Berkshire County
  • Maple Grove
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
    • Maple Grove is located in Berkshire County
  • Peru
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peru have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
    • Peru is located in Berkshire County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 833 people
  • Ringville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ringville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringville
    • Ringville is located in Hampshire County
  • Spruce Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spruce Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Corner
    • Spruce Corner is located in Franklin County
  • Swift River
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Yankee Orchards
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yankee Orchards have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Orchards
    • Yankee Orchards is located in Berkshire County

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

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

  • Pittsfield, which is the Seat of Berkshire County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from East Windsor to Pittsfield, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 98 miles [157.7 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 325 miles [523 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,580 miles [8,980.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,291 miles [10,124.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,167 miles [6,706.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- East Windsor) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in East Windsor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4779, Longitude: -72.9857       In this case, the coordinates for East Windsor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about East Windsor, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Windsor 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.
<4>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.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>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.
<7>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 Windsor to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.12 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.878 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.385 degrees.




 

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