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 East Braintree:
43.995898, -72.651494
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 East Braintree
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 Orange County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found two communities that are also named East Braintree.
Within Vermont, the name East Braintree is unique.
Beyond Vermont, we know of two communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Manitoba
This East Braintree lies 1,147 miles [1,845.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the East Braintree that is located in Orange County.
Massachusetts
Norfolk County
This East Braintree is located in Norfolk County and lies 148 miles [238.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the East Braintree that is located in Orange County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk County community of East Braintree.
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Braintree ...
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.
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 East Braintree to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in East Braintree and extending to:
Chelsea, which is the Seat of Orange County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from East Braintree to Chelsea, 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.
Montpelier, which is the State Capital of Vermont, lies 18 miles [29 km] to the north (N). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take just over a day.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 418 miles [672.7 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 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
The shortest distance<4> 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).<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 4,099 miles [6,596.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- East Braintree) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
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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.
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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 East Braintree 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 East Braintree. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9959, Longitude: -72.6515 In this case, the coordinates for East Braintree have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.701 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.662 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.472 degrees.