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website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
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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 Roxbury:
41.552040, -73.302617
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We found three communities that are also named Roxbury.
Within Connecticut, the name Roxbury is unique.
Beyond Connecticut, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
New York
Delaware County
This Roxbury is located in Delaware County and lies 82 miles [132 km]<1> to the northwest of the Roxbury that is located in Litchfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Roxbury.
Vermont
Washington County
This Roxbury is located in Washington County and lies 176 miles [283.2 km]<1> to the north of the Roxbury that is located in Litchfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Roxbury.
Wisconsin
Dane County
This Roxbury is located in Dane County and lies 840 miles [1,351.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Roxbury that is located in Litchfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dane County community of Roxbury.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Roxbury ...
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 & 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 Roxbury to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Roxbury and extending to:
Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies 35 miles [56.3 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Roxbury to Hartford, with an average speed<2> 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 about two full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 268 miles [431.3 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 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,630 miles [9,060.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,338 miles [10,200 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,214 miles [6,781.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'
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- Roxbury) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Roxbury 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 Roxbury. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5520, Longitude: -73.3026 In this case, the coordinates for Roxbury have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.428 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.073 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.97 degrees.