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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 Strawberry Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Strawberry Hill 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 Strawberry Hill:
    • 42.379541, -71.153109
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Strawberry Hill
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Strawberry Hill ...

We found four communities that share the name Strawberry Hill.

There is one other community in Massachusetts which is also named Strawberry Hill.

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

  • Communities Located In Massachusetts ...
    • Norfolk 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 Massachusetts community of Strawberry Hill [Norfolk County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Strawberry Hill lies 2,485 miles [3,999.2 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Strawberry Hill that is located in Middlesex County.
    • Connecticut
      • Hartford County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Hartford County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hartford County community of Strawberry Hill.
    • Nevada
      • Lincoln County
      • This Strawberry Hill is located in Lincoln County and lies 2,291 miles [3,687 km]<2> to the west of the Strawberry Hill that is located in Middlesex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Strawberry Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Strawberry Hill ...

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.

  • Boston
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
    • Boston is located in Suffolk County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 691,531 people
  • Camp Ted
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camp Ted have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Ted
    • Camp Ted is located in Middlesex County
  • Cedarwood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedarwood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarwood
    • Cedarwood is located in Middlesex County
  • Chestnut Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnut Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
    • Chestnut Hill is located in Middlesex County
  • Countryside
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Countryside have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside
    • Countryside is located in Middlesex County
  • Downtown Crossing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Downtown Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downtown Crossing
    • Downtown Crossing is located in Suffolk County
  • Everett
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
    • Everett is located in Middlesex County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 46,107 people
  • Fells
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fells have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fells
    • Fells is located in Middlesex County
  • Lakeview
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeview have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
    • Lakeview is located in Middlesex County
  • Longwood Station
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longwood Station have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood Station
    • Longwood Station is located in Norfolk County
  • Oak Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
    • Oak Grove is located in Middlesex County
  • Piety Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piety Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piety Corner
    • Piety Corner is located in Middlesex County
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Reservoir
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reservoir have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir
      • Reservoir is located in Norfolk County
    • Riverview
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverview have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
      • Riverview is located in Middlesex County
    • Shaker Glen
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shaker Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Glen
      • Shaker Glen is located in Middlesex County
    • Shakerhill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shakerhill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shakerhill
      • Shakerhill is located in Middlesex County
    • Winter Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winter Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter Hill
      • Winter Hill is located in Middlesex County

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

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

  • Cambridge, which is the Seat of Middlesex County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies just to the east southeast (ESE).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 390 miles [627.6 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Strawberry Hill to White House, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 23 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 16 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,507 miles [8,862.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,214 miles [10,000.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,090 miles [6,582.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Strawberry Hill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/

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 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 Strawberry Hill 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 '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- Strawberry Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Strawberry Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3795, Longitude: -71.1531       In this case, the coordinates for Strawberry Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>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 Strawberry Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>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.
<6>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 Strawberry Hill to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.029 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.634 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.603 degrees.









 

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