Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Laurel Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Laurel Park and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Laurel Park
- 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 Laurel Park:
- 42.358422, -72.641201
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Laurel 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 Hampshire County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Hampshire County
- Since Laurel Park is near Franklin County and also Hampden County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- eBird sighting report for Hampden 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Laurel Park ...
We found ten communities that share the name Laurel Park.
Within Massachusetts, the name Laurel Park is unique.
Beyond Massachusetts, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Escambia 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 Florida community of Laurel Park [Escambia County].
- New Jersey
- Middlesex County
- This Laurel Park is located in Middlesex County and lies 157 miles [252.7 km]<2> to the southwest of the Laurel Park that is located in Hampshire County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Laurel Park.
- North Carolina
- Henderson County
- This Laurel Park is located in Henderson County and lies 718 miles [1,155.5 km]<2> to the southwest of the Laurel Park that is located in Hampshire County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Laurel Park.
- Watauga County
- This Laurel Park is located in Watauga County and lies 646 miles [1,039.6 km] to the southwest of the Laurel Park that is located in Hampshire County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Watauga County community of Laurel Park.
- Pennsylvania
- Union County
- This Laurel Park is located in Union County and lies 255 miles [410.4 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Laurel Park that is located in Hampshire County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Laurel Park.
- Rhode Island
- Bristol County
- This Laurel Park is located in Bristol County and lies 83 miles [133.6 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Laurel Park that is located in Hampshire County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bristol County community of Laurel Park.
- South Carolina
- Charleston County
- This Laurel Park is located in Charleston County and lies 774 miles [1,245.6 km]<2> to the southwest of the Laurel Park that is located in Hampshire County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charleston County community of Laurel Park.
- Tennessee
- Putnam County
- This Laurel Park is located in Putnam County and lies 806 miles [1,297.1 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Laurel Park that is located in Hampshire County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Laurel Park.
- Virginia
- Henrico County
- This Laurel Park is located in Henrico County and lies 414 miles [666.3 km]<2> to the southwest of the Laurel Park that is located in Hampshire County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henrico County community of Laurel Park.
- Henry County
- This Laurel Park is located in Henry County and lies 546 miles [878.7 km] to the southwest of the Laurel Park that is located in Hampshire County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Laurel Park.
- Florida
Curious and Interesting Names Near Laurel 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.
- Factory Hollow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Factory Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Factory Hollow
- Factory Hollow is located in Hampshire County
- Florence
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Florence is located in Hampshire County
- Great Swamp
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Great Swamp have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Swamp
- Great Swamp is located in Hampshire County
- Hockanum
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Loudville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Moody Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moody Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody Corner
- Moody Corner is located in Hampshire County
- Mount Tom
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Mountain Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- Mountain Park is located in Hampden County
- Plainville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Plainville is located in Hampshire County
- Roaring Brook Camp
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roaring Brook Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring Brook Camp
- Roaring Brook Camp is located in Franklin County
- Whately
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whately
- Whately is located in Franklin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,583 people
How Far From Laurel Park to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Laurel Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Laurel Park and extending to:
- Northampton, which is the Seat of Hampshire County, lies just to the South.
- Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 80 miles [128.7 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Laurel Park to Boston, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 331 miles [532.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,570 miles [8,964 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,280 miles [10,106.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,156 miles [6,688.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Laurel Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/
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 Laurel 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- Laurel Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Laurel Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3584, Longitude: -72.6412 In this case, the coordinates for Laurel Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Laurel Park to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.927 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.641 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.286 degrees. |