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 North Cambridge:
We found two communities that are also named North Cambridge.
Within Massachusetts, the name North Cambridge is unique.
Beyond Massachusetts, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
New York
North Cambridge, Washington County
This North Cambridge is located in Washington County and lies 125 miles [201.2 km]<2> to the west northwest of the North Cambridge that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of North Cambridge.
Vermont
North Cambridge, Lamoille County
This North Cambridge is located in Lamoille County and lies 180 miles [289.7 km]<2> to the north northwest of the North Cambridge that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lamoille County community of North Cambridge.
Curious and Interesting Names Near North Cambridge ...
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 that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers included the distance from a community such as North Cambridge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in North Cambridge and extending to:
Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies just to the east southeast (ESE).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 392 miles [630.9 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from North Cambridge to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 23 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 16 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,505 miles [8,859.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,212 miles [9,997.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,089 miles [6,580.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
Footnotes ...
<1>
GPS Coordinates for North Cambridge: Decimal: 42.39593, -71.130053 DDMMSS: 42° 23' 45", -71° 7' 48"
<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- North Cambridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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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 North Cambridge 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 North Cambridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3959, Longitude: -71.1301 In this case, the coordinates for North Cambridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.012 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.618 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.584 degrees.