Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in O'Briens Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to O'Briens Corner and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for O'Briens Corner

• 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 O'Briens Corner:
  • 42.087594, -72.639813
  • 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 O'Briens 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 Hampden County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hampden County
  • Since O'Briens Corner is near Hartford County and also Hampshire County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hartford County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hampshire 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 O'Briens Corner

Curious and Interesting Names Near O'Briens 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.

• Cayenne
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Cayenne is located in Hampden County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayenne
• Chicopee
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Chicopee is located in Hampden County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicopee
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,825 people
• Feeding Hills
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Feeding Hills is located in Hampden County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feeding Hills
• Forest Park
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Forest Park is located in Hampden County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
• Liberty Heights
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Liberty Heights is located in Hampden County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Heights
• Little River
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Little River is located in Hampden County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River
• Longmeadow
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Longmeadow is located in Hampden County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longmeadow
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,624 people
• Rising Corner
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Rising Corner is located in Hartford County (CT)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Corner
• Sandy Hill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Sandy Hill is located in Hampden County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hill

How Far From O'Briens Corner 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 O'Briens Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in O'Briens Corner and extending to:

• Springfield, which is the Seat of Hampden County, lies just to the East Northeast.
• Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 83 miles [133.6 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from O'Briens Corner to Boston, with an average speed<2>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 319 miles [513.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,581 miles [8,981.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,290 miles [10,122.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,166 miles [6,704.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'