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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 Wolf Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wolf Lake 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 Wolf Lake:
    • 41.704270, -70.849482
    • 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 Wolf Lake
  • 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 Wolf Lake is near Bristol County and also Barnstable County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bristol County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Barnstable 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 Wolf Lake

Communities Also Named Wolf Lake ...

We found nine communities that are also named Wolf Lake.

Within Massachusetts, the name Wolf Lake is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Mason County
      • This Wolf Lake is located in Mason County and lies 1,011 miles [1,627 km]<1> to the west of the Wolf Lake that is located in Plymouth County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mason County community of Wolf Lake.
      • Union County
      • This Wolf Lake is located in Union County and lies 1,028 miles [1,654.4 km] to the west of the Wolf Lake that is located in Plymouth County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Wolf Lake.
    • Indiana
      • Lake 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 Indiana community of Wolf Lake [Lake County].
    • Michigan
      • Jackson 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 Michigan community of Wolf Lake [Jackson County].
      • Lake County
      • This Wolf Lake is located in Lake County and lies 773 miles [1,244 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Wolf Lake that is located in Plymouth County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Wolf Lake.
      • Muskegon County
      • This Wolf Lake is located in Muskegon County and lies 783 miles [1,260.1 km] to the west northwest of the Wolf Lake that is located in Plymouth County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muskegon County community of Wolf Lake.
    • Minnesota
      • Becker County
      • This Wolf Lake is located in Becker County and lies 1,256 miles [2,021.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Wolf Lake that is located in Plymouth County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Becker County community of Wolf Lake.
    • Quebec
      • This Wolf Lake lies 383 miles [616.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Wolf Lake that is located in Plymouth County.
    • Wisconsin
      • Fond du Lac 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 Wisconsin community of Wolf Lake [Fond du Lac County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wolf Lake ...

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.

  • Alms House
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Alms House is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alms House
  • Cannonville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Cannonville is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonville
  • Crescent Beach
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Crescent Beach is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Beach
  • Douglas Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Douglas Corner is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas Corner
  • Fairhaven
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Fairhaven is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhaven
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,103 people
  • Harbor Beach
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Harbor Beach is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Beach
  • Harbor View
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Harbor View is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor View
  • Holly Woods
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Holly Woods is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Woods
  • Howlands
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Howlands is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howlands
  • Inland Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Inland Park is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inland Park
  • Long Plain
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Long Plain is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Plain
  • Marion
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Marion is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,189 people
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Masons Corner
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Masons Corner is located in Bristol County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masons Corner
    • Mount Pleasant
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Bristol County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Piney Point Beach
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Piney Point Beach is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Point Beach
    • Plainville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Plainville is located in Bristol County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
    • Rockdale
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Rockdale is located in Bristol County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
    • Shell Beach
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Shell Beach is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Beach
    • Silver Shell Beach
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Silver Shell Beach is located in Bristol County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Shell Beach

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

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

  • Plymouth, which is the Seat of Plymouth County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Wolf Lake to Plymouth, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
  • Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 46 miles [74 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 378 miles [608.3 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,520 miles [8,883.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,223 miles [10,014.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,101 miles [6,599.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wolf Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Wolf Lake 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>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.
<4>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 Wolf Lake 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 Wolf Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7043, Longitude: -70.8495       In this case, the coordinates for Wolf Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.948 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.43 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.812 degrees.