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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 Wyoma, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wyoma 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 Wyoma:
- 42.485652, -70.957828
- 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 Wyoma
- 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 Essex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Essex County
- Since Wyoma is near Suffolk County and also Middlesex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Suffolk County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex 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 Wyoma
Communities Also Named Wyoma ...
We found two communities that are also named Wyoma.
Within Massachusetts, the name Wyoma is unique.
Beyond Massachusetts, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Marion 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 Florida community of Wyoma [Marion County].
- West Virginia
- Mason County
- This Wyoma is located in Mason County and lies 638 miles [1,026.8 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Wyoma that is located in Essex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mason County community of Wyoma.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wyoma ...
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.
- Beverly
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beverly is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 42,242 people
- Crescent Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Crescent Beach is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Beach
- Derby Wharf
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Derby Wharf is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby Wharf
- Farm Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Farm Hill is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farm Hill
- Fells
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fells is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fells
- Greenwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Greenwood is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Little Nahant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Little Nahant is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Nahant
- Lynn
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lynn is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94,539 people
- Lynnfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lynnfield is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,040 people
- Maplewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Maplewood is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Marblehead
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Marblehead is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marblehead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,551 people
- Marblehead Lighthouse
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Marblehead Neck
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Marblehead Neck is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marblehead Neck
- Oak Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Peabody
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Peabody is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peabody
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53,063 people
- Pleasant Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hills is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills
- Wyoming
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wyoming is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
How Far From Wyoma 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 Wyoma to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wyoma and extending to:
- Salem, which is the Seat of Essex County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Wyoma to Boston, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 403 miles [648.6 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,495 miles [8,843.3 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 6,202 miles [9,981.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,078 miles [6,562.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
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 Wyoma 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' (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- Wyoma) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Wyoma 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 Wyoma. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4857, Longitude: -70.9578 In this case, the coordinates for Wyoma have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.895 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.502 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.46 degrees. |
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