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 Charlemont:
42.628105, -72.869814
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 Charlemont
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 two communities that are also named Charlemont.
Within Massachusetts, the name Charlemont is unique.
Beyond Massachusetts, 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 ...
Ontario
This Charlemont lies 477 miles [767.7 km]<1> to the west of the Charlemont that is located in Franklin County.
Virginia
Bedford County
This Charlemont is located in Bedford County and lies 496 miles [798.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Charlemont that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bedford County community of Charlemont.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Charlemont ...
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.
Baptist Corner (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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 Charlemont to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Charlemont and extending to:
Greenfield, which is the Seat of Franklin County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Charlemont to Greenfield, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 94 miles [151.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 337 miles [542.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,569 miles [8,962.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,281 miles [10,108.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,156 miles [6,688.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Charlemont) 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 Charlemont 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 Charlemont. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6281, Longitude: -72.8698
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.029 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.801 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.259 degrees.