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 Moores Corner:
42.494501, -72.468248
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 Moores Corner
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 Franklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found nine communities that are also named Moores Corner.
Within Massachusetts, the name Moores Corner is unique.
Beyond Massachusetts, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Delaware
Kent County
This Moores Corner is located in Kent County and lies 279 miles [449 km]<1> to the southwest of the Moores Corner that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Moores Corner.
Illinois
Vermilion County
This Moores Corner is located in Vermilion County and lies 800 miles [1,287.5 km]<1> to the west of the Moores Corner that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vermilion County community of Moores Corner.
Maryland
Wicomico County
This Moores Corner is located in Wicomico County and lies 331 miles [532.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Moores Corner that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wicomico County community of Moores Corner.
New Jersey
Salem County
This Moores Corner is located in Salem County and lies 256 miles [412 km]<1> to the southwest of the Moores Corner that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salem County community of Moores Corner.
North Carolina
Pamlico County
This Moores Corner is located in Pamlico County and lies 562 miles [904.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Moores Corner that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pamlico County community of Moores Corner.
South Carolina
Charleston County
This Moores Corner is located in Charleston County and lies 752 miles [1,210.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Moores Corner that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charleston County community of Moores Corner.
Virginia
Lunenburg County
This Moores Corner is located in Lunenburg County and lies 490 miles [788.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Moores Corner that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lunenburg County community of Moores Corner.
Stafford County
This Moores Corner is located in Stafford County and lies 383 miles [616.4 km] to the southwest of the Moores Corner that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Moores Corner.
Washington
Pacific County
This Moores Corner is located in Pacific County and lies 2,512 miles [4,042.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Moores Corner that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pacific County community of Moores Corner.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Moores Corner ...
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.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Moores Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Moores Corner and extending to:
Greenfield, which is the Seat of Franklin County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Moores Corner to Greenfield, with an average speed<2> 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.
Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 72 miles [115.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 4 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 344 miles [553.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,558 miles [8,944.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,268 miles [10,087.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,144 miles [6,669.1 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Moores Corner) 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 Moores Corner 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 Moores Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4945, Longitude: -72.4682 In this case, the coordinates for Moores Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.804 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.525 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.141 degrees.