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 Bronx:
40.845223, -73.866112
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 two communities that share the name Bronx.
Within New York, the name Bronx is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Idaho
Bonner County
This Bronx is located in Bonner County and lies 2,132 miles [3,431.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Bronx that is located in Bronx County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bonner County community of Bronx.
Wyoming
Sublette County
This Bronx is located in Sublette County and lies 1,853 miles [2,982.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Bronx that is located in Bronx County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sublette County community of Bronx.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bronx ...
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 Bronx to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bronx and extending to:
Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 125 miles [201.2 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Bronx to Albany, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 215 miles [346 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,682 miles [9,144.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,389 miles [10,282.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,265 miles [6,863.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
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- Bronx) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bronx. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8452, Longitude: -73.8661
<2>
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.
<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 Bronx to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.846 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.43 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.543 degrees.