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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 Seabrook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Seabrook 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 Seabrook:
    • 41.582888, -70.499472
    • 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 Seabrook
  • 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 Seabrook is near Dukes County and also Plymouth County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dukes County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Plymouth 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 Seabrook

Communities Also Named Seabrook ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Seabrook.

Within Massachusetts, the name Seabrook is unique.

Beyond Massachusetts, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, nine are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Liberty County
      • This Seabrook is located in Liberty County and lies 904 miles [1,454.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Seabrook that is located in Barnstable County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Liberty County community of Seabrook.
    • Kansas
      • Shawnee 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 Kansas community of Seabrook [Shawnee County].
    • Louisiana
      • Orleans Parish
      • This Seabrook is located in Orleans Parish and lies 1,348 miles [2,169.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Seabrook that is located in Barnstable County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orleans Parish community of Seabrook.
    • Maryland
      • Prince George's County
      • This Seabrook is located in Prince George's County and lies 379 miles [609.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Seabrook that is located in Barnstable County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Seabrook.
    • New Hampshire
      • Rockingham County
      • This Seabrook is located in Rockingham County and lies 92 miles [148.1 km]<1> to the north of the Seabrook that is located in Barnstable County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Seabrook.
    • New Jersey
      • Cumberland County
      • This Seabrook is located in Cumberland County and lies 286 miles [460.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Seabrook that is located in Barnstable County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Seabrook.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Seabrook lies 315 miles [506.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Seabrook that is located in Barnstable County.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Seabrook lies 475 miles [764.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Seabrook that is located in Barnstable County.
    • South Carolina
      • Beaufort County
      • This Seabrook is located in Beaufort County and lies 842 miles [1,355.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Seabrook that is located in Barnstable County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Seabrook.
      • Colleton County
      • This Seabrook is located in Colleton County and lies 828 miles [1,332.5 km] to the southwest of the Seabrook that is located in Barnstable County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colleton County community of Seabrook.
    • Texas
      • Harris County
      • This Seabrook is located in Harris County and lies 1,599 miles [2,573.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Seabrook that is located in Barnstable County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Seabrook.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Seabrook ...

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.

  • Hatchville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Hatchville is located in Barnstable County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchville
  • Kingdom Hall
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Kingdom Hall is located in Barnstable County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingdom Hall
  • Mashpee
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • 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 northeast)
    • Mashpee Neck is located in Barnstable County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mashpee Neck
  • Oyster Harbors
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • 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 north)
    • Pine Tree Corner is located in Barnstable County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Tree Corner
  • Rock Landing
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Rock Landing is located in Barnstable County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Landing
  • Smalltown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Smalltown is located in Barnstable County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smalltown
  • Teaticket
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Teaticket is located in Barnstable County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teaticket

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

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

  • Barnstable, which is the Seat of Barnstable County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Seabrook to Barnstable, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 60 miles [96.6 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 391 miles [629.3 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,510 miles [8,867.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,212 miles [9,997.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,089 miles [6,580.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

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- Seabrook) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Seabrook 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>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.
<4>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 Seabrook 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 Seabrook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5829, Longitude: -70.4995       In this case, the coordinates for Seabrook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.759 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.197 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.721 degrees.