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 Blissville:
42.672585, -72.274529
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 Blissville
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 Franklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found four communities that are also named Blissville.
Within Massachusetts, the name Blissville is unique.
Beyond Massachusetts, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Connecticut
New London County
This community is historic<1> and although located in New London County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New London County community of Blissville.
New Brunswick
This Blissville lies 348 miles [560.1 km]<2> to the northeast of the Blissville that is located in Franklin County.
New York
Queens County
This Blissville is located in Queens County and lies 158 miles [254.3 km]<2> to the southwest of the Blissville that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Queens County community of Blissville.
Vermont
Rutland County
This Blissville is located in Rutland County and lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<2> to the northwest of the Blissville that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutland County community of Blissville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blissville ...
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 & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Blissville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Blissville and extending to:
Greenfield, which is the Seat of Franklin County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Blissville to Greenfield, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 65 miles [104.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 360 miles [579.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,543 miles [8,920.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,253 miles [10,063.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,129 miles [6,645 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Blissville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Blissville) 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 Blissville 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 Blissville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6726, Longitude: -72.2745 In this case, the coordinates for Blissville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.662 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.395 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.964 degrees.