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 Norwich:
42.288978, -72.838429
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.
We found eleven communities that share the name Norwich.
Within Massachusetts, the name Norwich is unique.
Beyond Massachusetts, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, ten are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Connecticut
New London County
This Norwich is located in New London County and lies 63 miles [101.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Norwich that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New London County community of Norwich.
Georgia
Taylor County
This Norwich is located in Taylor County and lies 924 miles [1,487 km]<1> to the southwest of the Norwich that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taylor County community of Norwich.
Iowa
Page County
This Norwich is located in Page County and lies 1,160 miles [1,866.8 km]<1> to the west of the Norwich that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Page County community of Norwich.
Kansas
Kingman County
This Norwich is located in Kingman County and lies 1,361 miles [2,190.3 km]<1> to the west of the Norwich that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kingman County community of Norwich.
Michigan
Newaygo County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Norwich [Newaygo County].
New York
Chenango County
This Norwich is located in Chenango County and lies 137 miles [220.5 km]<1> to the west of the Norwich that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chenango County community of Norwich.
North Dakota
McHenry County
This Norwich is located in McHenry County and lies 1,419 miles [2,283.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Norwich that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the McHenry County community of Norwich.
Ohio
Muskingum County
This Norwich is located in Muskingum County and lies 491 miles [790.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Norwich that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muskingum County community of Norwich.
Ontario
This Norwich lies 396 miles [637.3 km]<1> to the west of the Norwich that is located in Hampshire County.
Pennsylvania
McKean County
This Norwich is located in McKean County and lies 287 miles [461.9 km]<1> to the west of the Norwich that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the McKean County community of Norwich.
Vermont
Windsor County
This Norwich is located in Windsor County and lies 102 miles [164.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Norwich that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Windsor County community of Norwich.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Norwich ...
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.
Brush Hollow (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brush Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Swift River. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
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 Norwich to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Norwich and extending to:
Northampton, which is the Seat of Hampshire County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Norwich to Northampton, with an average speed<5> 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 91 miles [146.5 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 321 miles [516.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,581 miles [8,981.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,292 miles [10,126 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,167 miles [6,706.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Norwich) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Norwich. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2890, Longitude: -72.8384 In this case, the coordinates for Norwich have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Norwich could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>
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.
<6>
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 Norwich to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.056 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.774 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.41 degrees.