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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 Kent Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kent Park 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 Kent Park:
    • 42.108435, -70.689761
    • 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 Kent Park
  • 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 Kent Park 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 Kent Park

Communities Also Named Kent Park ...

We found one communities that are also named Kent Park.

Within Massachusetts, the name Kent Park is unique.

Beyond Massachusetts, there is another community also named Kent Park in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Virginia
      • Norfolk City
      • 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 Virginia community of Kent Park [Norfolk City].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kent Park ...

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.

  • Brimstone Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Brimstone Corner is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimstone Corner
  • Cedar Crest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedar Crest is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
  • Ferry Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Ferry Hill is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Hill
  • First Cliff
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • First Cliff is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First Cliff
  • Fourth Cliff
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Fourth Cliff is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourth Cliff
  • Green Harbor
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Green Harbor is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Harbor
  • Greenbush
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenbush is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
  • Island Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Island Creek is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Creek
  • Kings Landing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Kings Landing is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Landing
  • Little Bridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Little Bridge is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Bridge
  • Miles Standish Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Miles Standish Park is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Standish Park
  • Ocean Bluff
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Ocean Bluff is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Bluff
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Sea View
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Sea View is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea View
    • Second Cliff
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Second Cliff is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Second Cliff
    • Third Cliff
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Third Cliff is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Third Cliff
    • Tinkertown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Tinkertown is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinkertown
    • Tree of Knowledge Corner
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)

How Far From Kent Park 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 Kent Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Kent Park and extending to:

  • Plymouth, which is the Seat of Plymouth County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Kent Park to Plymouth, with an average speed<3> 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 25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 400 miles [643.7 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,498 miles [8,848.2 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 6,203 miles [9,982.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,079 miles [6,564.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Kent Park 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kent Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Kent Park 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 Kent Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1084, Longitude: -70.6898       In this case, the coordinates for Kent Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.793 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.323 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.535 degrees.