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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 Stewartville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stewartville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Stewartville:
    • 42.711195, -72.673147
    • 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 Stewartville
  • 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 Franklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
    • Since Stewartville is near Windham County and also Cheshire County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Windham County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cheshire 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 Stewartville

Communities Also Named Stewartville ...

We found eight communities that are also named Stewartville.

Within Massachusetts, the name Stewartville is unique.

Beyond Massachusetts, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Coosa County
      • This Stewartville is located in Coosa County and lies 992 miles [1,596.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Stewartville that is located in Franklin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coosa County community of Stewartville.
      • Lauderdale County
      • This Stewartville is located in Lauderdale County and lies 975 miles [1,569.1 km] to the west southwest of the Stewartville that is located in Franklin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Stewartville.
    • California
      • Contra Costa County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Stewartville [Contra Costa County].
    • Georgia
      • Lamar County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Stewartville [Lamar County].
    • Kansas
      • Stewartville #
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Stewartville.
    • Minnesota
      • Olmsted County
      • This Stewartville is located in Olmsted County and lies 996 miles [1,602.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Stewartville that is located in Franklin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Olmsted County community of Stewartville.
    • Ontario
      • This Stewartville lies 266 miles [428.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Stewartville that is located in Franklin County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Crawford County
      • This Stewartville is located in Crawford County and lies 404 miles [650.2 km]<1> to the west of the Stewartville that is located in Franklin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Stewartville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stewartville ...

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.

  • Cold Spring
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Cold Spring is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
  • Dell
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Dell is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
  • Elm Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Elm Grove is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove
  • Factory Village ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Factory Village is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Factory Village
  • Foundry Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Foundry Village is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundry Village
  • Green River
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Green River is located in Windham County (VT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green River
  • Greenfield
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Greenfield is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,241 people
  • Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Grove is located in Windham County (VT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
  • Lyonsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Lyonsville is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsville
  • Packer Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Packer Corner is located in Windham County (VT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packer Corner
  • Satans Kingdom
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Satans Kingdom is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Satans Kingdom

How Far From Stewartville 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 Stewartville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stewartville and extending to:

  • Greenfield, which is the Seat of Franklin County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Stewartville to Greenfield, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 85 miles [136.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 348 miles [560.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,558 miles [8,944.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,269 miles [10,089 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,145 miles [6,670.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

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 from Point A (ie- Stewartville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Stewartville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Stewartville 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.
<4>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.
<5>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 Stewartville 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 Stewartville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7112, Longitude: -72.6731       In this case, the coordinates for Stewartville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.898 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.668 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.127 degrees.