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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 Wareham, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wareham 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 Wareham:
    • 41.762604, -70.721702
    • 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 Wareham
  • 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 Plymouth County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Plymouth County
    • Since Wareham is near Barnstable County and also Bristol County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Barnstable 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 Wareham

Communities Also Named Wareham ...

We found four communities that are also named Wareham.

Within Massachusetts, the name Wareham is unique.

Beyond Massachusetts, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, .

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Minnesota
      • Pine 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 Minnesota community of Wareham [Pine County].
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This Wareham lies 955 miles [1,536.9 km]<2> to the northeast of the Wareham that is located in Plymouth County.
    • Ontario
      • This Wareham lies 518 miles [833.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Wareham that is located in Plymouth County.
    • Virginia
      • Gloucester County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Wareham [Gloucester County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wareham ...

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.

  • Buzzards Bay
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Buzzards Bay is located in Barnstable County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buzzards Bay
  • Cranberry Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Cranberry Village is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Village
  • Douglas Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Douglas Corner is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas Corner
  • Five Corners
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Five Corners is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
  • Gray Gables
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Gray Gables is located in Barnstable County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Gables
  • Indian Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Indian Heights is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Heights
  • Marion
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Marion is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,189 people
  • Onset
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Onset is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onset
  • Onset Station
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Onset Station is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onset Station
  • Pine Tree Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Pine Tree Village is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Tree Village
  • Piney Point Beach
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Piney Point Beach is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Point Beach
  • Swifts Beach
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Swifts Beach is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swifts Beach

How Far From Wareham to ...

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 Wareham to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Plymouth, which is the Seat of Plymouth County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Wareham to Plymouth, with an average speed<4> 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 44 miles [70.8 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 386 miles [621.2 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving 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 5,512 miles [8,870.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,216 miles [10,003.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,093 miles [6,587 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

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 Wareham 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- Wareham) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Wareham, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Wareham 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 Wareham. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7626, Longitude: -70.7217       In this case, the coordinates for Wareham have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.864 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.345 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.727 degrees.