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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 Old Town Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Town Landing 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 Old Town Landing:
    • 41.804268, -71.120878
    • 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 Old Town Landing
  • 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 Bristol County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bristol County
    • Since Old Town Landing is near Plymouth County and also Bristol County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Plymouth County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bristol 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 Old Town Landing

Communities Also Named Old Town Landing ...

We found one communities that are also named Old Town Landing.

Within Massachusetts, the name Old Town Landing is unique.

Beyond Massachusetts, there is another community also named Old Town Landing in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maine
      • Penobscot County
      • This Old Town Landing is located in Penobscot County and lies 246 miles [395.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Old Town Landing that is located in Bristol County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Penobscot County community of Old Town Landing.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Town Landing ...

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.

  • Chestnut Tree Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Chestnut Tree Corner is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Tree Corner
  • Fall River
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Fall River is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 89,792 people
  • Fall River Station
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Fall River Station is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River Station
  • Fighting Rock Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Fighting Rock Corner is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fighting Rock Corner
  • Flint Village
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Flint Village is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Village
  • Freetown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Freetown is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,432 people
  • Luther Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Luther Corner is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther Corner
  • Mechanicsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Mechanicsville is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
  • Ocean Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Ocean Grove is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Grove
  • Perrys Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Perrys Corner is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Corner
  • Pottersville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Pottersville is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottersville
  • Slades Ferry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Slades Ferry is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slades Ferry
  • Steep Brook
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Steep Brook is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steep Brook

How Far From Old Town Landing 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 Old Town Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Old Town Landing and extending to:

  • Taunton, which is the Seat of Bristol County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Old Town Landing to Boston, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 370 miles [595.5 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,528 miles [8,896.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,232 miles [10,029.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,109 miles [6,612.8 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- Old Town Landing) 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 Old Town Landing 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 Old Town Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8043, Longitude: -71.1209       In this case, the coordinates for Old Town Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.094 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.611 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.881 degrees.