Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Winchester Highlands (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Winchester Highlands. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Winchester Highlands is located in Middlesex County .
To see how the shape of Massachusetts' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Middlesex County : Essex , Norfolk , Suffolk , Worcester & Hillsborough (NH) .
Below are the counties that are near Winchester Highlands. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Winchester Highlands:
Middlesex County (The home county of Winchester Highlands)
The following are listed by their distance from Winchester Highlands, with the one closest to Winchester Highlands listed first.
Montvale (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Montvale is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montvale Walnut Hill (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Walnut Hill is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill Lindenwood (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Lindenwood is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindenwood Stoneham (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Stoneham is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneham Population from the 2020 Census: 23,961 people
Woburn (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Woburn is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woburn Population from the 2020 Census: 40,135 people
Winchester (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Winchester is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester Population from the 2020 Census: 22,678 people
Mishawum ‑ Historic(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Mishawum is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishawum Cummingsville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Cummingsville is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummingsville Melrose (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Melrose is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose Population from the 2020 Census: 27,790 people
Wakefield (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Wakefield is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield Population from the 2020 Census: 27,051 people
Arlington (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Arlington is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Population from the 2020 Census: 45,169 people
Medford (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Medford is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford Population from the 2020 Census: 60,847 people
Bristol County
The following are listed by their distance from Winchester Highlands, with the one closest to Winchester Highlands listed first.
North Easton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
North Easton is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton Easton Center (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Easton Center is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton Center Easton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Easton is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton Population from the 2020 Census: 25,116 people
South Easton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
South Easton is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Easton East Mansfield (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
East Mansfield is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Mansfield Furnace Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Furnace Village is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village Mansfield (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Mansfield is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield Population from the 2020 Census: 24,539 people
Essex County
The following are listed by their distance from Winchester Highlands, with the one closest to Winchester Highlands listed first.
Pleasant Hills (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Pleasant Hills is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills Saugus (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Saugus is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saugus Population from the 2020 Census: 28,542 people
Cliftondale (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Cliftondale is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftondale Lynnfield (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Lynnfield is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnfield Population from the 2020 Census: 13,040 people
West Lynn (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
West Lynn is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lynn West Peabody (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
West Peabody is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Peabody Lynn (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Lynn is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Population from the 2020 Census: 94,539 people
Brigadoon Village (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Brigadoon Village is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brigadoon Village East Lynn (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
East Lynn is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lynn Nahant (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Nahant is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahant Population from the 2020 Census: 3,506 people
Lowell Junction (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Lowell Junction is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell Junction Middleton (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Middleton is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton Population from the 2020 Census: 10,107 people
Norfolk County
The following are listed by their distance from Winchester Highlands, with the one closest to Winchester Highlands listed first.
Brookline Village (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Brookline Village is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Village Brookline (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Brookline is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Population from the 2020 Census: 59,022 people
Westbrook Village (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Westbrook Village is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook Village Wellesley Farms (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Wellesley Farms is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley Farms Babson Park (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Babson Park is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babson Park Needham Heights (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Needham Heights is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham Heights Needham (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Needham is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham Population from the 2020 Census: 31,537 people
Wellesley Hills (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Wellesley Hills is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley Hills Wellesley (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Wellesley is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley Population from the 2020 Census: 28,684 people
East Milton (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
East Milton is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Milton Milton Village (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Milton Village is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Village Montclair (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Montclair is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montclair Plymouth County
The following are listed by their distance from Winchester Highlands, with the one closest to Winchester Highlands listed first.
Hull (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Hull is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hull Population from the 2020 Census: 10,484 people
Bayside (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Bayside is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayside Kenberma (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Kenberma is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenberma Hingham (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Hingham is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hingham Population from the 2020 Census: 24,720 people
West Hingham (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
West Hingham is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hingham Accord (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Accord is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accord North Abington (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
North Abington is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Abington Minot (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Minot is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minot North Scituate (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
North Scituate is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Scituate Montello (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Montello is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montello Rockland (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Rockland is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland Population from the 2020 Census: 17,992 people
Abington (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Abington is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington Population from the 2020 Census: 16,752 people
Suffolk County
The following are listed by their distance from Winchester Highlands, with the one closest to Winchester Highlands listed first.
Franklin Park (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Franklin Park is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Park Charlestown (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Charlestown is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlestown Chelsea (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Chelsea is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea Population from the 2020 Census: 39,230 people
Revere (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Revere is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revere Population from the 2020 Census: 52,375 people
Allston (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Allston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allston Bay Village (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Bay Village is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village Brighton (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Brighton is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton Boston (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Boston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Population from the 2020 Census: 691,531 people
East Boston (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
East Boston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Boston South Boston (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
South Boston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Boston Winthrop (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Winthrop is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop Population from the 2020 Census: 18,446 people
Jamaica Plain (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Jamaica Plain is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamaica Plain Worcester County
The following are listed by their distance from Winchester Highlands, with the one closest to Winchester Highlands listed first.
Fayville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Fayville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayville Shaker Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Shaker Village is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village Southborough (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Southborough is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southborough Population from the 2020 Census: 10,200 people
Harvard (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Harvard is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard Population from the 2020 Census: 6,618 people
Cordaville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Cordaville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordaville Bolton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Bolton is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton Population from the 2020 Census: 5,476 people
Southville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Southville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southville Still River (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Still River is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still River Berlin (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Berlin is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin Population from the 2020 Census: 3,731 people
Carterville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Carterville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carterville Chapinville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Chapinville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapinville Seventh Day Adventist Village (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Hillsborough County (NH)
The following are listed by their distance from Winchester Highlands, with the one closest to Winchester Highlands listed first.
Pelham (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Pelham is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham Population from the 2020 Census: 14,306 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pelham <1>
Hudson (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Hudson is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Population from the 2020 Census: 25,620 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hudson <1>
Nashua (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Nashua is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua Population from the 2020 Census: 89,167 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nashua <1>
Hollis Depot (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Hollis Depot is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Depot Hollis (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Hollis is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Population from the 2020 Census: 8,123 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hollis <1>
Rockingham County (NH)
The following are listed by their distance from Winchester Highlands, with the one closest to Winchester Highlands listed first.
Salem (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Salem is located in Rockingham County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Population from the 2020 Census: 30,641 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <1>
Wilson Corners (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Wilson Corners is located in Rockingham County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Corners Westville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Westville is located in Rockingham County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville Windham (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Windham is located in Rockingham County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windham Population from the 2020 Census: 14,865 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Windham <1>
Atkinson (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Plaistow (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
North Salem (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Hampstead (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Newton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Newton is located in Rockingham County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Population from the 2020 Census: 4,934 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newton <1>
Hubbard (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Hubbard is located in Rockingham County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard South Hampton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Danville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Winchester Highlands, see our County-by-County Page for Winchester Highlands .
Cemeteries Near Winchester Highlands ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Winchester Highlands.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know . If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Winchester Highlands - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Winchester Highlands covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Winchester Highlands, with the one closest to Winchester Highlands listed first.
Meretz Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Calvary Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Wildwood Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Wildwood Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Winchester . Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #WNT.801 <2>
Old Burying Ground (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Lindenwood Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Woodbrook Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbrook Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodbrook Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Woburn . The Woodbrook Cemetery has also been known as:
Salem Street Cemetery Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #MAL.805 <2>
Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91872 <3>
Oak Grove Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
St. Patricks Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Salem Street Burying Ground (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
St. Mary's Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Forest Dale Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Dale Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Forest Dale Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Malden . The Forest Dale Cemetery has also been known as:
Forestdale Cemetery Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #MAL.804 <2>
Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1056071 <3>
Continue List (609 more) ...
Wyoming Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Old Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Temple Israel Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Winchester Highlands had a population of 1,000 people in 1895 with railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Winchester Highlands, with the one closest to Winchester Highlands listed first.
Montvale (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Montvale is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montvale Woburn Highlands (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Woburn Highlands is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woburn Highlands Winchester (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Winchester is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester Population from the 2020 Census: 22,678 people
Stoneham (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Stoneham is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneham Population from the 2020 Census: 23,961 people
Lindenwood (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Lindenwood is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindenwood Walnut Hill (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Walnut Hill is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill Woburn (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Woburn is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woburn Population from the 2020 Census: 40,135 people
Mishawum ‑ Historic(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Mishawum is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishawum Farm Hill (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Farm Hill is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farm Hill Central Square (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Central Square is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Square Cummingsville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Cummingsville is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummingsville Brattle (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Brattle is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brattle Continue List (16 more) ...
Arlington (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Arlington is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Population from the 2020 Census: 45,169 people
West Medford (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
West Medford is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Medford Medford Hillside (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Medford Hillside is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford Hillside
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Winchester Highlands. See our List of 1890's Communities around Winchester Highlands .
Newspapers Published in Winchester Highlands ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) .
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Winchester Highlands.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Winchester Highlands, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<5> Extended Newspaper List for Winchester Highlands.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Winchester Highlands:
Websites specific to Massachusetts Pages specific to Middlesex County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bristol County Essex County Norfolk County Plymouth County Suffolk County Worcester County Hillsborough County Rockingham County Cemetery Information and Directories for Massachusetts Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Winchester Highlands. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. The Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) has created and maintains a database of historic properties that is called MACRIS (for the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System ). More information about the MHC and MACRIS can be found on their website: mhc-macris.net . The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com . 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 Winchester Highlands, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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- Winchester Highlands) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.