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 Madison:
41.337876, -72.629538
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.
We found two communities that share the name Madison.
Within Connecticut, the name Madison is unique.
Beyond Connecticut, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
New York
Madison County
This Madison is located in Madison County and lies 181 miles [291.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Madison that is located in New Haven County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Madison.
Wisconsin
Dane County
This Madison is located in Dane County and lies 865 miles [1,392.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Madison that is located in New Haven County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dane County community of Madison.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Madison ...
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.
Beaver Head Corner (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Head Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Madison to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Madison and extending to:
Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Madison to Hartford, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 287 miles [461.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,610 miles [9,028.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,316 miles [10,164.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,192 miles [6,746.4 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- Madison) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Madison. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3379, Longitude: -72.6295 In this case, the coordinates for Madison have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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.
<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 Madison to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.053 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.615 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.774 degrees.