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 Stevens Corner:
42.399451, -73.331691
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 Stevens Corner
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 Berkshire County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found three communities that are also named Stevens Corner.
Within Massachusetts, the name Stevens Corner is unique.
Beyond Massachusetts, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Maine
Waldo County
This Stevens Corner is located in Waldo County and lies 251 miles [403.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Stevens Corner that is located in Berkshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Waldo County community of Stevens Corner.
York County
This Stevens Corner is located in York County and lies 147 miles [236.6 km] to the northeast of the Stevens Corner that is located in Berkshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Stevens Corner.
Maryland
Queen Anne's County
This Stevens Corner is located in Queen Anne's County and lies 261 miles [420 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Stevens Corner that is located in Berkshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Queen Anne's County community of Stevens Corner.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stevens Corner ...
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.
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 Stevens Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stevens Corner and extending to:
Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 116 miles [186.7 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Stevens Corner to Boston, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 309 miles [497.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,597 miles [9,007.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,309 miles [10,153.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,185 miles [6,735.1 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Stevens Corner) 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 Stevens Corner 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 Stevens Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3995, Longitude: -73.3317
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.34 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.113 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.581 degrees.