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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 Highlandville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Highlandville 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 Highlandville:
- 42.793979, -71.081724
- 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 Highlandville
- 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 Essex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Essex County
- Since Highlandville is near Rockingham County and also Dukes County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rockingham County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dukes 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 Highlandville
Communities Also Named Highlandville ...
We found three communities that are also named Highlandville.
There is one other community in Massachusetts that is also named Highlandville.
Beyond Massachusetts, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Massachusetts ...
- Norfolk 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 Massachusetts community of Highlandville [Norfolk County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Iowa
- Winneshiek County
- This Highlandville is located in Winneshiek County and lies 1,035 miles [1,665.7 km]<2> to the west of the Highlandville that is located in Essex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winneshiek County community of Highlandville.
- Missouri
- Christian County
- This Highlandville is located in Christian County and lies 1,239 miles [1,994 km]<2> to the west of the Highlandville that is located in Essex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Christian County community of Highlandville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Highlandville ...
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.
- Cowbell Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cowbell Corners is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowbell Corners
- Crane Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Crane Crossing is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane Crossing
- Danville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Georgetown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Georgetown is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,789 people
- Groveland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Groveland is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,868 people
- Howards Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Howards Grove is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howards Grove
- Kings Forest
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kings Forest is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Forest
- Knights Crossing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Knights Crossing is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knights Crossing
- Maple Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Park is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Park
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Marble Ridge Station
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Marsh Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Marsh Corner is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Corner
- Powwow River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Powwow River is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powwow River
- Rocks Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rocks Village is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocks Village
- Rooty Plain
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rooty Plain is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rooty Plain
- Salisbury Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Salisbury Point is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury Point
How Far From Highlandville 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 Highlandville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Highlandville and extending to:
- Salem, which is the Seat of Essex County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Highlandville to Salem, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 29 miles [46.7 km] to the south (S). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 411 miles [661.4 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 24 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,488 miles [8,832.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,197 miles [9,973.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,073 miles [6,554.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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 Highlandville 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Highlandville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Highlandville 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 Highlandville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7940, Longitude: -71.0817 In this case, the coordinates for Highlandville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.923 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.585 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.357 degrees. |
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