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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 Liberty Plain, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Liberty Plain 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 Liberty Plain:
- 42.188989, -70.882822
- 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 Liberty Plain
- 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 Liberty Plain is near Norfolk County and also Suffolk 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 Suffolk 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 Liberty Plain
Curious and Interesting Names Near Liberty Plain ...
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.
- Accord
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Accord is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accord
- Braintree
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Braintree is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braintree
- Population from the 2020 Census: 37,074 people
- Clapps Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Clapps Corner is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clapps Corner
- Crow Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Crow Point is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Point
- Egypt
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Egypt is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Fireworks
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fireworks is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fireworks
- Greenbush
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Greenbush is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- Idlewell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Idlewell is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewell
- Kings Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Kings Landing is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Landing
- Lincoln Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln Heights is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
- Manns Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Manns Corner is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Corner
- Old Boat Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Old Boat Point is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Boat Point
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Post Island
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Post Island is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Island
- Reeds Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Reeds Corner is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Corner
- Rock Island
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Island is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Island
- Rockland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rockland is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,992 people
- Straits Pond
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Straits Pond is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straits Pond
How Far From Liberty Plain 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 Liberty Plain to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Liberty Plain and extending to:
- Plymouth, which is the Seat of Plymouth County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Liberty Plain to Plymouth, with an average speed<2> 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 6 hours.
- Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 394 miles [634.1 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 5,503 miles [8,856.2 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 6,209 miles [9,992.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,085 miles [6,574.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Liberty Plain) 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 Liberty Plain 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 Liberty Plain. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1890, Longitude: -70.8828 In this case, the coordinates for Liberty Plain have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.896 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.452 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.579 degrees. |
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