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 Barrington:
41.739873, -71.307986
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 Barrington.
Within Rhode Island, the name Barrington is unique.
Beyond Rhode Island, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, nine are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
Los Angeles County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Barrington [Los Angeles County].
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Barrington is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,129 miles [1,816.9 km]<2> to the southwest of the Barrington that is located in Bristol County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Barrington.
Georgia
Houston County
This Barrington is located in Houston County and lies 927 miles [1,491.9 km]<2> to the southwest of the Barrington that is located in Bristol County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Barrington.
Newton County
This Barrington is located in Newton County and lies 896 miles [1,442 km] to the southwest of the Barrington that is located in Bristol County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Barrington.
Illinois
Cook County
This Barrington is located in Cook County and lies 862 miles [1,387.3 km]<2> to the west of the Barrington that is located in Bristol County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Barrington.
Maryland
Baltimore County
This Barrington is located in Baltimore County and lies 316 miles [508.6 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Barrington that is located in Bristol County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Barrington.
New Hampshire
Strafford County
This Barrington is located in Strafford County and lies 103 miles [165.8 km]<2> to the north of the Barrington that is located in Bristol County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Strafford County community of Barrington.
New Jersey
Camden County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Barrington [Camden County].
New York
Yates County
This Barrington is located in Yates County and lies 299 miles [481.2 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Barrington that is located in Bristol County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yates County community of Barrington.
Nova Scotia
This Barrington lies 317 miles [510.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Barrington that is located in Bristol County.
Quebec
This Barrington lies 258 miles [415.2 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Barrington that is located in Bristol County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Barrington ...
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.
Barneyville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barneyville 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 Barrington to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Barrington and extending to:
Providence, which is the State Capital of Rhode Island, lies just to the northwest (NW).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 359 miles [577.8 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Barrington to White House, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 21 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 14 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,538 miles [8,912.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,243 miles [10,047.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,120 miles [6,630.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 Barrington 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.
<2>
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 from Point A (ie- Barrington) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Barrington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7399, Longitude: -71.3080
<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 Barrington 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 304.214 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.736 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.996 degrees.