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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 Feeding Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Feeding Hills 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 Feeding Hills:
- 42.066971, -72.678725
- 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 Feeding Hills
- 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 Hampden County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hampden County
- Since Feeding Hills is near Hartford County and also Hampshire County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hartford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hampshire 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 Feeding Hills
Curious and Interesting Names Near Feeding Hills ...
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.
- Cayenne
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cayenne is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayenne
- Chicopee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Five Points
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Forest Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Forest Park is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Liberty Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Heights is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Heights
- Little River
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Little River is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River
- Longmeadow
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rising Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Hill is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hill
- Shaker Pines
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Shaker Pines is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Pines
- Trainfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Trainfield is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trainfield
How Far From Feeding Hills 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 Feeding Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Feeding Hills and extending to:
- Springfield, which is the Seat of Hampden County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 85 miles [136.8 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Feeding Hills to Boston, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 316 miles [508.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,583 miles [8,985 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,292 miles [10,126 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,168 miles [6,707.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Feeding Hills) 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 Feeding Hills 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 Feeding Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0670, Longitude: -72.6787 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.988 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.662 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.445 degrees. |
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