Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Mishawum, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mishawum and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Mishawum
- 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 Mishawum:
- 42.502698, -71.141584
- 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 Mishawum
- 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 Middlesex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Middlesex County
- Since Mishawum is near Essex County and also Suffolk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Essex County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Mishawum ...
We found one communities that share the name Mishawum.
There is one other community in Massachusetts which is also named Mishawum.
Beyond Massachusetts.
- Communities Located In Massachusetts ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mishawum ...
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.
- Countryside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Countryside have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside
- Countryside is located in Middlesex County
- Farm Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Fells
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Fox Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Greenwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Havenville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Havenville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havenville
- Havenville is located in Middlesex County
- Lynnfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnfield
- Lynnfield is located in Essex County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,040 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Lynnfield
- From Mishawum to Lynnfield
- Oak Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Reading
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Reading Highlands
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reading Highlands have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading Highlands
- Reading Highlands is located in Middlesex County
- Shaker Glen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shaker Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Glen
- Shaker Glen is located in Middlesex County
- Shakerhill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shakerhill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shakerhill
- Shakerhill is located in Middlesex County
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- Silver Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Silver Lake is located in Middlesex County
- Walnut Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
- Walnut Hill is located in Middlesex County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Walnut Hill
- From Mishawum to Walnut Hill
- Woods Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woods Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Corner
- Woods Corner is located in Middlesex County
- Wyoming
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wyoming. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
- Wyoming is located in Middlesex County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Wyoming
- From Mishawum to Wyoming
- Silver Lake
How Far From Mishawum 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 Mishawum 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 community of Mishawum once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Mishawum and extending to:
- Cambridge, which is the Seat of Middlesex County, lies just to the South.
- Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<4> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Mishawum to Boston, with an average speed<5> 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.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 396 miles [637.3 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 23 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,502 miles [8,854.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- 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).<8>
- 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).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/
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 Mishawum, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | 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- Mishawum) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mishawum. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5027, Longitude: -71.1416 |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Mishawum to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.003 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.626 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.535 degrees. |