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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 Mount Vernon Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mount Vernon Park 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 Mount Vernon Park:
    • 42.687591, -71.166169
    • 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 Mount Vernon Park
  • 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 Mount Vernon Park ...

We found two communities that share the name Mount Vernon Park.

Within Massachusetts, the name Mount Vernon Park is unique.

Beyond Massachusetts, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • North Carolina
      • Lenoir County
      • This Mount Vernon Park is located in Lenoir County and lies 618 miles [994.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Mount Vernon Park that is located in Essex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lenoir County community of Mount Vernon Park.
    • Virginia
      • Fairfax County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Mount Vernon Park [Fairfax County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mount Vernon Park ...

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.

  • Centralville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centralville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralville
    • Centralville is located in Middlesex County
  • Georgetown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
    • Georgetown is located in Essex County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,789 people
  • Groveland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
    • Groveland is located in Essex County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,868 people
  • Highlandville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highlandville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highlandville
    • Highlandville is located in Essex County
  • Kings Forest
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Forest
    • Kings Forest is located in Essex County
  • Kinsman Corner
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kinsman Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinsman Corner
    • Kinsman Corner is located in Essex County
  • Long Pond Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Pond Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Pond Park
    • Long Pond Park is located in Middlesex County
  • Maple Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Park
    • Maple Park is located in Essex County
  • Marble Ridge Station
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marble Ridge Station have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Ridge Station
    • Marble Ridge Station is located in Essex County
  • Marsh Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marsh Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Corner
    • Marsh Corner is located in Essex County
  • Middlesex Village
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middlesex Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex Village
    • Middlesex Village is located in Middlesex County
  • Rooty Plain
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rooty Plain have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rooty Plain
    • Rooty Plain is located in Essex County
  • Silver Lake
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
    • Silver Lake is located in Middlesex County

How Far From Mount Vernon Park to ...

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 Mount Vernon Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mount Vernon Park and extending to:

  • Salem, which is the Seat of Essex County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Mount Vernon Park to Salem, with an average speed<4> 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 five to six hours.
  • Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 23 miles [37 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 403 miles [648.6 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,496 miles [8,845 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,204 miles [9,984.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,080 miles [6,566.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mount Vernon Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mount Vernon Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mount Vernon Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6876, Longitude: -71.1662       In this case, the coordinates for Mount Vernon Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Mount Vernon Park could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>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.
<4>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.
<5>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 Mount Vernon Park to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.99 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.642 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.45 degrees.




 

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