Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 South Hanover:
  • 42.096639, -70.849786
  • 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 South Hanover

• 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 Plymouth County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Plymouth County
  • Since South Hanover is near Norfolk County and also Suffolk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Norfolk 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 South Hanover

Curious and Interesting Names Near South Hanover ...

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.

• Accord
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Accord is located in Plymouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accord
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Accord
  • From South Hanover to Accord
• Breezy Hill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Breezy Hill is located in Plymouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Hill
• Brimstone Corner
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Brimstone Corner is located in Plymouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimstone Corner
• Fireworks
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Fireworks is located in Plymouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fireworks
• Golden Ring Camp
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Golden Ring Camp is located in Plymouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Ring Camp
• Gurneys Corner
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Gurneys Corner is located in Plymouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurneys Corner
• Manns Corner
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Manns Corner is located in Plymouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Corner
• Mayflower Grove
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Mayflower Grove is located in Plymouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Grove
• Rockland
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Rockland is located in Plymouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,992 people
• Town Hall
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Town Hall is located in Plymouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Hall

How Far From South Hanover to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as South Hanover to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Plymouth, which is the Seat of Plymouth County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from South Hanover to Plymouth, 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 21 miles [33.8 km] to the north northwest (NNW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 392 miles [630.9 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 6,210 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>'