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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 Mishawum, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mishawum 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 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.
- Open 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:
- Open the 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Essex 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 Mishawum
Communities Also Named Mishawum ...
We found one communities that are also named Mishawum.
There is one other community in Massachusetts that is also named Mishawum.
Beyond Massachusetts.
- Communities Located In Massachusetts ...
- Suffolk County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Suffolk County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Mishawum.
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)
- Countryside is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside
- Farm Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Farm Hill is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farm Hill
- Fells
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fells is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fells
- Fox Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fox Hill is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hill
- Greenwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Greenwood is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Havenville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Havenville is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havenville
- Lynnfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Reading
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Reading is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,535 people
- Reading Highlands
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Reading Highlands is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading Highlands
- Shaker Glen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shaker Glen is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Glen
- Shakerhill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shakerhill is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shakerhill
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Silver Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Lake is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Walnut Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Woods Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Woods Corner is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Corner
- Wyoming
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Mishawum to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories 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<2> 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]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Mishawum to Boston, 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.
- 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<4> 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).<5>
- 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).<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 Mishawum, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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- Mishawum) 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 Mishawum 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 Mishawum. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5027, Longitude: -71.1416 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.003 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.626 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.535 degrees. |
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