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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 Harwich, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Harwich 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 Harwich:
- 41.686286, -70.071946
- 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 Harwich
- 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 Barnstable County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barnstable County
- Since Harwich is near Nantucket County and also Plymouth County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nantucket County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Plymouth 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 Harwich
Communities Also Named Harwich ...
We found two communities that are also named Harwich.
Within Massachusetts, the name Harwich is unique.
Beyond Massachusetts, we know of two communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Louisiana
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- This Harwich is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 1,407 miles [2,264.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Harwich that is located in Barnstable County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Harwich.
- Ontario
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Harwich.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Harwich ...
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.
- Bass River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Campground Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Campground Landing is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campground Landing
- Dennis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dennis is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,890 people
- Dennis Port
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- First Encounter Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- First Encounter Beach is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First Encounter Beach
- Orleans
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Orleans is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,802 people
- Pleasant Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Pleasant Lake is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lake
- Rock Harbor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Harbor is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Harbor
- Shooters Island
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shooters Island is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shooters Island
How Far From Harwich 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 Harwich to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Harwich and extending to:
- Barnstable, which is the Seat of Barnstable County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Harwich to Barnstable, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 68 miles [109.4 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 414 miles [666.3 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,487 miles [8,830.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,189 miles [9,960.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,067 miles [6,545.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Harwich) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Harwich 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. |
| <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 Harwich 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 Harwich. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6863, Longitude: -70.0719 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.492 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.913 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.481 degrees. |
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