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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 Seventh Day Adventist Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Seventh Day Adventist Village and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
    • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
    • The National Weather Service forecast for Seventh Day Adventist Village
  • 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 Seventh Day Adventist Village:
    • 42.421204, -71.643124
    • 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 Seventh Day Adventist Village
  • 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 Worcester County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Worcester County
    • Since Seventh Day Adventist Village is near Middlesex County and also Norfolk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Norfolk 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 Seventh Day Adventist Village

Curious and Interesting Names Near Seventh Day Adventist Village ...

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.

  • Berlin
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Berlin is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,731 people
  • Bolton
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Bolton is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,476 people
  • Carterville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Carterville is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carterville
  • Duck Harbor ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Duck Harbor is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Harbor
  • Five Corners
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Five Corners is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
  • Fryville
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Fryville is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryville
  • Fullerville ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Fullerville is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullerville
  • Pratts Junction
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pratts Junction is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts Junction
  • Robin Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Robin Hill is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robin Hill
  • Still River
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Still River is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still River

How Far From Seventh Day Adventist Village 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 Seventh Day Adventist Village to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Worcester, which is the Seat of Worcester County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Seventh Day Adventist Village to Worcester, with an average speed<2> 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 30 miles [48.3 km] to the east (E). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 372 miles [598.7 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 22 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,526 miles [8,893.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,234 miles [10,032.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,110 miles [6,614.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Seventh Day Adventist Village) 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 Seventh Day Adventist Village 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 Seventh Day Adventist Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4212, Longitude: -71.6431       In this case, the coordinates for Seventh Day Adventist Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.317 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.965 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.803 degrees.