Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Santuit, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Santuit and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Santuit

• 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 Santuit:
  • 41.637609, -70.450582
  • 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 Santuit

• 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 Barnstable County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Barnstable County
  • Since Santuit is near Plymouth County and also Dukes 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 Dukes 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 Santuit

Curious and Interesting Names Near Santuit ...

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.

• Centerville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Centerville is located in Barnstable County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
• Craigville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Craigville is located in Barnstable County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigville
• Craigville Beach
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Craigville Beach is located in Barnstable County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigville Beach
• Farmersville
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Farmersville is located in Barnstable County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersville
• Forestdale
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Forestdale is located in Barnstable County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestdale
• Hatchville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Hatchville is located in Barnstable County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchville
• Kingdom Hall
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Kingdom Hall is located in Barnstable County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingdom Hall
• Mashpee
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Mashpee is located in Barnstable County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mashpee
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,266 people
• Mashpee Neck
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Mashpee Neck is located in Barnstable County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mashpee Neck
• Oyster Harbors
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Oyster Harbors is located in Barnstable County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyster Harbors
• Pine Tree Corner
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Pine Tree Corner is located in Barnstable County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Tree Corner
• Pondsville
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Pondsville is located in Barnstable County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondsville
• Rock Landing
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Rock Landing is located in Barnstable County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Landing
• Smalltown
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Smalltown is located in Barnstable County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smalltown

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

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

• Barnstable, which is the Seat of Barnstable County, lies just to the East Northeast.
• Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 58 miles [93.3 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Santuit to Boston, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 395 miles [635.7 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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 5,505 miles [8,859.4 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 6,208 miles [9,990.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,085 miles [6,574.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'