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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 Easton Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Easton Center 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 Easton Center:
    • 42.035939, -71.097901
    • 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 Easton Center
  • 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 Easton Center is near Plymouth County and also Norfolk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Plymouth County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Norfolk 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 Easton Center

Communities Also Named Easton Center ...

We found two communities that are also named Easton Center.

Within Massachusetts, the name Easton Center is unique.

Beyond Massachusetts, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Connecticut
      • Fairfield County
      • 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 Connecticut community of Easton Center [Fairfield County].
    • Maine
      • Aroostook County
      • This Easton Center is located in Aroostook County and lies 355 miles [571.3 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Easton Center that is located in Bristol County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aroostook County community of Easton Center.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Easton Center ...

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.

  • Beaver
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Beaver is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
  • Copper Works
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Copper Works is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Works
  • Cranes Station
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Cranes Station is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranes Station
  • Elm Square
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Elm Square is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Square
  • Five Corners
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Five Corners is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
  • Four Corners
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Four Corners is located in Norfolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
  • Foxvale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Foxvale is located in Norfolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxvale
  • Furnace Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Furnace Village is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village
  • Manleys Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Manleys Corner is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manleys Corner
  • Marshall Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Marshall Corner is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Corner
  • Meadow Brook
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Meadow Brook is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook
  • Norton Furnace ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Norton Furnace is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton Furnace
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Pratts Corner
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Pratts Corner is located in Bristol County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts Corner
    • Prattville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Prattville is located in Bristol County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattville
    • Purdy Corner
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Purdy Corner is located in Bristol County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy Corner
    • Scotland
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Scotland is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
    • Stanley
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Stanley is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
    • Winters Corner
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Winters Corner is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winters Corner

How Far From Easton Center 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 Easton Center to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Taunton, which is the Seat of Bristol County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Easton Center to Taunton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 22 miles [35.4 km] to the north (N). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 379 miles [609.9 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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<4> 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).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,223 miles [10,014.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • 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).<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 Easton Center 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Easton Center) 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 Easton Center 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 Easton Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0359, Longitude: -71.0979    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.047 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.596 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.754 degrees.