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 Village:
42.365097, -71.197555
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 North Village
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 Middlesex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found five communities that are also named North Village.
There is one other community in Massachusetts that is also named North Village.
Beyond Massachusetts, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In Massachusetts ...
Worcester County
This North Village is located in Worcester County and lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the North Village that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of North Village.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Connecticut
Hartford County
This community is historic<2> and although located in Hartford County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hartford County community of North Village.
Florida
Hillsborough County
This North Village is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,172 miles [1,886.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the North Village that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of North Village.
New Hampshire
Hillsborough County
This North Village is located in Hillsborough County and lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the North Village that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of North Village.
Oklahoma
Payne County
This North Village is located in Payne County and lies 1,425 miles [2,293.3 km]<1> to the west of the North Village that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Payne County community of North Village.
Curious and Interesting Names Near North Village ...
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 include the distance from a community such as North Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in North Village and extending to:
Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies just to the east (E).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 388 miles [624.4 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from North Village 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 22 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 5,509 miles [8,865.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,217 miles [10,005.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,093 miles [6,587 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- North Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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 North Village, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 North Village 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 Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3651, Longitude: -71.1976 In this case, the coordinates for North Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.057 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.664 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.63 degrees.