Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Woods Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woods Corner and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Woods Corner
- 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 Woods Corner:
- 42.475651, -71.213945
- 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 Woods Corner
- 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 Middlesex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Middlesex County
- Since Woods Corner is near Suffolk County and also Essex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Suffolk County
- eBird sighting report for Essex 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Woods Corner ...
We found seven communities that share the name Woods Corner.
There is one other community in Massachusetts which is also named Woods Corner.
Beyond Massachusetts, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Massachusetts ...
- Bristol County
- This Woods Corner is located in Bristol County and lies 59 miles [95 km]<1> to the south of the Woods Corner that is located in Middlesex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bristol County community of Woods Corner.
- Bristol County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- This Woods Corner lies 2,163 miles [3,481 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Woods Corner that is located in Middlesex County.
- Maryland
- Prince George's County
- This Woods Corner is located in Prince George's County and lies 391 miles [629.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Woods Corner that is located in Middlesex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Woods Corner.
- Michigan
- Isabella 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 Woods Corner [Isabella County].
- New York
- Steuben County
- This Woods Corner is located in Steuben County and lies 312 miles [502.1 km]<1> to the west of the Woods Corner that is located in Middlesex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Steuben County community of Woods Corner.
- Rhode Island
- Newport County
- This Woods Corner is located in Newport County and lies 61 miles [98.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Woods Corner that is located in Middlesex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newport County community of Woods Corner.
- Virginia
- Buckingham County
- This Woods Corner is located in Buckingham County and lies 518 miles [833.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Woods Corner that is located in Middlesex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buckingham County community of Woods Corner.
- British Columbia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Woods Corner ...
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.
- Camp Ted
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Countryside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Countryside have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside
- Countryside is located in Middlesex County
- Farm Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Fox Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Havenville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Havenville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havenville
- Havenville is located in Middlesex County
- Lakeview
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Lincoln
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Nutting Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutting Lake
- Nutting Lake is located in Middlesex County
- Piety Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piety Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piety Corner
- Piety Corner is located in Middlesex County
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Reading
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Reading Highlands
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reading Highlands have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading Highlands
- Reading Highlands is located in Middlesex County
- Shaker Glen
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shaker Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Glen
- Shaker Glen is located in Middlesex County
- Shakerhill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shakerhill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shakerhill
- Shakerhill is located in Middlesex County
- Silver Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Silver Lake is located in Middlesex County
- Walnut Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
- Walnut Hill is located in Middlesex County
- Reading
How Far From Woods Corner 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 Woods Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Woods Corner and extending to:
- Cambridge, which is the Seat of Middlesex County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Woods Corner to Boston, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 392 miles [630.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,506 miles [8,861 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,213 miles [9,998.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- 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).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Woods Corner. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Woods Corner) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Woods Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4757, Longitude: -71.2139 In this case, the coordinates for Woods Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 Woods Corner 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> | 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. |
| <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 Woods Corner to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.051 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.675 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.581 degrees. |