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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 Golden Ring Camp, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Golden Ring Camp 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 Golden Ring Camp:
- 42.050102, -70.843930
- 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 Golden Ring Camp
- 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 Plymouth County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Plymouth County
- Since Golden Ring Camp is near Norfolk County and also Bristol County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Norfolk County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bristol 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 Golden Ring Camp
Curious and Interesting Names Near Golden Ring Camp ...
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.
- Breezy Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Breezy Hill is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Hill
- Brimstone Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Brimstone Corner is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimstone Corner
- Curtisville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Curtisville is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtisville
- Fireworks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fireworks is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fireworks
- Gurneys Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Gurneys Corner is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurneys Corner
- Mayflower Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mayflower Grove is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Grove
- Silver Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Lake is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Town Hall
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Town Hall is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Hall
- Tree of Knowledge Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
How Far From Golden Ring Camp 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 Golden Ring Camp to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Golden Ring Camp and extending to:
- Plymouth, which is the Seat of Plymouth County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Golden Ring Camp to Plymouth, 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.
- Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 24 miles [38.6 km] to the north northwest (NNW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 391 miles [629.3 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 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 5,506 miles [8,861 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,212 miles [9,997.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,088 miles [6,579 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- Golden Ring Camp) 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 Golden Ring Camp 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 Golden Ring Camp. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0501, Longitude: -70.8439 In this case, the coordinates for Golden Ring Camp have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.893 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.426 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.633 degrees. |
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