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 Keene:
35.949312, -78.904175
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 seventeen communities that share the name Keene.
Within North Carolina, the name Keene is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
Kern County
This Keene is located in Kern County and lies 2,212 miles [3,559.9 km]<1> to the west of the Keene that is located in Durham County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kern County community of Keene.
Colorado
Chaffee 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 Colorado community of Keene [Chaffee County].
Weld County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Keene [Weld County].
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Keene is located in Hillsborough County and lies 574 miles [923.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Keene that is located in Durham County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Keene.
Nassau County
This Keene is located in Nassau County and lies 413 miles [664.7 km] to the south southwest of the Keene that is located in Durham County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of Keene.
Kansas
Wabaunsee County
This Keene is located in Wabaunsee County and lies 960 miles [1,545 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Keene that is located in Durham County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wabaunsee County community of Keene.
Kentucky
Jessamine County
This Keene is located in Jessamine County and lies 345 miles [555.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Keene that is located in Durham County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jessamine County community of Keene.
Nebraska
Kearney County
This Keene is located in Kearney County and lies 1,134 miles [1,825 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Keene that is located in Durham County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kearney County community of Keene.
New Hampshire
Cheshire County
This Keene is located in Cheshire County and lies 597 miles [960.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Keene that is located in Durham County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheshire County community of Keene.
New York
Essex County
This Keene is located in Essex County and lies 633 miles [1,018.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Keene that is located in Durham County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Essex County community of Keene.
Jefferson 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 New York community of Keene [Jefferson County].
North Dakota
McKenzie County
This Keene is located in McKenzie County and lies 1,476 miles [2,375.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Keene that is located in Durham County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the McKenzie County community of Keene.
Ohio
Coshocton County
This Keene is located in Coshocton County and lies 343 miles [552 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Keene that is located in Durham County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coshocton County community of Keene.
Ontario
This Keene lies 574 miles [923.8 km]<1> to the north of the Keene that is located in Durham County.
Texas
Johnson County
This Keene is located in Johnson County and lies 1,078 miles [1,734.9 km]<1> to the west of the Keene that is located in Durham County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Keene.
Virginia
Albemarle County
This Keene is located in Albemarle County and lies 133 miles [214 km]<1> to the north of the Keene that is located in Durham County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albemarle County community of Keene.
Wisconsin
Portage County
This Keene is located in Portage County and lies 804 miles [1,293.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Keene that is located in Durham County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Portage County community of Keene.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Keene ...
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.
Colony Park (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colony Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Keene to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Keene and extending to:
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Keene to Raleigh, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 227 miles [365.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,104 miles [9,823.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,801 miles [10,945.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,681 miles [7,533.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Keene) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Keene. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9493, Longitude: -78.9042 In this case, the coordinates for Keene 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 Keene 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>
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.
<5>
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 Keene to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.099 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.373 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.521 degrees.