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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 Post Island, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Post Island 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 Post Island:
    • 42.262599, -70.973936
    • 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 Post Island
  • 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 Norfolk County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Norfolk County
    • Since Post Island is near Plymouth County and also Suffolk 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 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 Post Island

Curious and Interesting Names Near Post Island ...

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.

  • Braintree
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Braintree is located in Norfolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braintree
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 37,074 people
  • Cedar Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Cedar Grove is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
  • Crow Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Crow Point is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Point
  • Fields Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Fields Corner is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Corner
  • Five Corners
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Five Corners is located in Norfolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
  • Fort Independence
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Fort Independence is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Independence
  • Hull
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Hull is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hull
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,484 people
  • Idlewell
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Idlewell is located in Norfolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewell
  • Lincoln Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lincoln Heights is located in Norfolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
  • Meeting House Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Meeting House Hill is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeting House Hill
  • Merrymount
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Merrymount is located in Norfolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrymount
  • Milton Center
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Milton Center is located in Norfolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Center
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Old Boat Point
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Old Boat Point is located in Norfolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Boat Point
    • Rock Island
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Rock Island is located in Norfolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Island
    • Stony Beach
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Stony Beach is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Beach
    • Waveland
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Waveland is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waveland

How Far From Post Island 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 Post Island to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Post Island and extending to:

  • Dedham, which is the Seat of Norfolk County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Post Island to Dedham, 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 just to the north northwest (NNW).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 393 miles [632.5 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,504 miles [8,857.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,210 miles [9,994 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,087 miles [6,577.4 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- Post Island) 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 Post Island 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 Post Island. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2626, Longitude: -70.9739       In this case, the coordinates for Post Island have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.939 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.513 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.582 degrees.