Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Hingham:
  • 42.195934, -70.874489
  • 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 Hingham

• 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 Hingham 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 Hingham

Curious and Interesting Names Near South Hingham ...

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
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Accord is located in Plymouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accord
• Clapps Corner
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Clapps Corner is located in Plymouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clapps Corner
• Crow Point
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Crow Point is located in Plymouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Point
• Idlewell
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Idlewell is located in Norfolk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewell
• Liberty Plain
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Liberty Plain is located in Plymouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Plain
• Lincoln Heights
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Lincoln Heights is located in Norfolk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
• Manns Corner
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Manns Corner is located in Plymouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Corner
• Old Boat Point
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Old Boat Point is located in Norfolk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Boat Point
• Reeds Corner
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Reeds Corner is located in Norfolk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Corner
• Rockland
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Rockland is located in Plymouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,992 people
• Straits Pond
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Straits Pond is located in Plymouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straits Pond

How Far From South Hingham 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 Hingham 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 Hingham and extending to:

• Plymouth, which is the Seat of Plymouth County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from South Hingham to Plymouth, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
• Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
• 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 5,502 miles [8,854.6 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 4,084 miles [6,572.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'