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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 Maddequet, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Maddequet 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 Maddequet:
    • 41.289012, -70.168906
    • 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 Maddequet
  • 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 Nantucket County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Nantucket County
    • Since Maddequet is near Dukes County and also Barnstable County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dukes County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Barnstable 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 Maddequet

Curious and Interesting Names Near Maddequet ...

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.

  • Fishers Landing
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Fishers Landing is located in Nantucket County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishers Landing
  • Further Creek ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Further Creek is located in Nantucket County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Further Creek
  • Great Neck
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Great Neck is located in Nantucket County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Neck
  • Long Josephs Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Long Josephs Point is located in Nantucket County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Josephs Point
  • Narrow Creek ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Narrow Creek is located in Nantucket County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrow Creek
  • Shallow Pond
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Shallow Pond is located in Nantucket County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shallow Pond
  • Smooth Hummocks
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Smooth Hummocks is located in Nantucket County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smooth Hummocks
  • Town Pasture
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Town Pasture is located in Nantucket County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Pasture
  • Trots Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Trots Hills is located in Nantucket County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trots Hills

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of Maddequet once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Maddequet and extending to:

  • Nantucket, which is the Seat of Nantucket County, lies just to the East.
  • Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 87 miles [140 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Maddequet to Boston, with an average speed<3>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 398 miles [640.5 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving 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 5,507 miles [8,862.7 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 6,207 miles [9,989.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • 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).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Maddequet, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Maddequet) 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 Maddequet 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 Maddequet. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2890, Longitude: -70.1689       In this case, the coordinates for Maddequet have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.609 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.979 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.728 degrees.