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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 Southville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Southville and the surrounding area.
- 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 Southville:
- 42.266650, -71.536571
- 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 Southville
- 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 Southville 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 Southville
Communities Also Named Southville ...
We found four communities that are also named Southville.
Within Massachusetts, the name Southville is unique.
Beyond Massachusetts, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- Litchfield County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Southville [Litchfield County].
- Kentucky
- Shelby County
- This Southville is located in Shelby County and lies 773 miles [1,244 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Southville that is located in Worcester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Southville.
- New York
- Saint Lawrence County
- This Southville is located in Saint Lawrence County and lies 235 miles [378.2 km]<2> to the northwest of the Southville that is located in Worcester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Lawrence County community of Southville.
- Nova Scotia
- This Southville lies 317 miles [510.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Southville that is located in Worcester County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Southville ...
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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Braggville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Braggville is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggville
- Camp Bob White
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Camp Bob White is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Bob White
- Camp Breezy Meadow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Camp Breezy Meadow is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Breezy Meadow
- Fayville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Maplewood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Maplewood is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Pine Rest
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Rest is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Rest
- Robin Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Robin Hill is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robin Hill
- Rocky Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rocky Hill is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Woodside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Woodside is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
- Workmans Circle Camp
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Workmans Circle Camp is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Workmans Circle Camp
How Far From Southville to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Southville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Southville and extending to:
- Worcester, which is the Seat of Worcester County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Southville to Worcester, 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 25 miles [40.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 370 miles [595.5 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 21 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,527 miles [8,894.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,235 miles [10,034.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,111 miles [6,616 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Southville 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. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Southville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Southville 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 Southville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2666, Longitude: -71.5366 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.275 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.892 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.833 degrees. |
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