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 Dudleyville:
42.485366, -72.445920
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 Dudleyville
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 three communities that are also named Dudleyville.
Within Massachusetts, the name Dudleyville is unique.
Beyond Massachusetts, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Tallapoosa County
This Dudleyville is located in Tallapoosa County and lies 974 miles [1,567.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Dudleyville that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tallapoosa County community of Dudleyville.
Arizona
Pinal County
This Dudleyville is located in Pinal County and lies 2,173 miles [3,497.1 km]<1> to the west of the Dudleyville that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pinal County community of Dudleyville.
Illinois
Bond County
This Dudleyville is located in Bond County and lies 922 miles [1,483.8 km]<1> to the west of the Dudleyville that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bond County community of Dudleyville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dudleyville ...
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 Dudleyville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Dudleyville and extending to:
Greenfield, which is the Seat of Franklin County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Dudleyville to Greenfield, with an average speed<2> 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.
Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 71 miles [114.3 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 about three full days and walking would take 4 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 345 miles [555.2 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 5,557 miles [8,943.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,267 miles [10,085.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,143 miles [6,667.5 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 from Point A (ie- Dudleyville) 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 Dudleyville 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 Dudleyville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4854, Longitude: -72.4459 In this case, the coordinates for Dudleyville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.792 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.51 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.135 degrees.