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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 Fuller Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fuller Heights 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 Fuller Heights:
    • 42.445373, -71.213389
    • 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 Fuller Heights
  • 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 Middlesex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex County
    • Since Fuller Heights is near Suffolk County and also Norfolk 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 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 Fuller Heights

Communities Also Named Fuller Heights ...

We found one communities that are also named Fuller Heights.

Within Massachusetts, the name Fuller Heights is unique.

Beyond Massachusetts, there is another community also named Fuller Heights in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Polk County
      • This Fuller Heights is located in Polk County and lies 1,171 miles [1,884.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Fuller Heights that is located in Middlesex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Fuller Heights.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fuller Heights ...

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.

  • Camp Ted
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Camp Ted is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Ted
  • Cedarwood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedarwood is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarwood
  • Countryside
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Countryside is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside
  • Fox Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Fox Hill is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hill
  • Havenville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Havenville is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havenville
  • Lakeview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Lakeview is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Lincoln
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Lincoln is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,993 people
  • Piety Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Piety Corner is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piety Corner
  • Riverview
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Riverview is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Shaker Glen
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Shaker Glen is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Glen
    • Shakerhill
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Shakerhill is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shakerhill
    • Silver Hill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Silver Hill is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hill
    • Strawberry Hill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Strawberry Hill is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry Hill
    • Walnut Hill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Walnut Hill is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
    • Woods Corner
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Woods Corner is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Corner

How Far From Fuller Heights 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 Fuller Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Cambridge, which is the Seat of Middlesex County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Fuller Heights to Boston, with an average speed<2> 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.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 391 miles [629.3 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 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,507 miles [8,862.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,214 miles [10,000.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,091 miles [6,583.8 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fuller Heights) 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 Fuller Heights 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 Fuller Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4454, Longitude: -71.2134       In this case, the coordinates for Fuller Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.055 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.675 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.596 degrees.