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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 Stoughton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stoughton 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 Stoughton:
- 42.124894, -71.102004
- 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 Stoughton
- 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 Norfolk County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Norfolk County
- Since Stoughton is near Plymouth County and also Bristol County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Plymouth County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bristol 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 Stoughton
Communities Also Named Stoughton ...
We found four communities that are also named Stoughton.
Within Massachusetts, the name Stoughton 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 ...
- Kansas
- Greenwood County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Greenwood County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenwood County community of Stoughton.
- Pennsylvania
- Somerset County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Stoughton [Somerset County].
- Saskatchewan
- This Stoughton lies 1,606 miles [2,584.6 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Stoughton that is located in Norfolk County.
- Wisconsin
- Dane County
- This Stoughton is located in Dane County and lies 922 miles [1,483.8 km]<3> to the west of the Stoughton that is located in Norfolk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dane County community of Stoughton.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stoughton ...
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.
- Beaver
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Braintree
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cedar is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
- Elm Square
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Elm Square is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Square
- Five Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Five Corners is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Four Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Four Corners is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Foxvale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Foxvale is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxvale
- Furnace Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Furnace Village is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village
- Greenlodge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Greenlodge is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlodge
- Manleys Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Manleys Corner is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manleys Corner
- Marshall Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Marshall Corner is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Corner
- Plimptonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Plimptonville is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plimptonville
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Pratts Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pratts Corner is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts Corner
- Randolph
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Randolph is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Estimated population in 2019: 34,362 people
- Readville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Readville is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readville
- Summer Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Summer Heights is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Heights
- Winters Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Winters Corner is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winters Corner
How Far From Stoughton 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 Stoughton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stoughton and extending to:
- Dedham, which is the Seat of Norfolk County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Stoughton to Boston, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 382 miles [614.8 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 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,515 miles [8,875.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,220 miles [10,010.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,097 miles [6,593.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Stoughton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Stoughton 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Stoughton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Stoughton 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 Stoughton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1249, Longitude: -71.1020 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.036 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.599 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.71 degrees. |
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