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 Clarkville:
41.922320, -71.791181
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 Clarkville
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 Providence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found five communities that are also named Clarkville.
Within Rhode Island, the name Clarkville is unique.
Beyond Rhode Island, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
Shasta County
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Clarkville [Shasta County].
Colorado
Yuma County
This Clarkville is located in Yuma County and lies 1,597 miles [2,570.1 km]<2> to the west of the Clarkville that is located in Providence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yuma County community of Clarkville.
New Brunswick
This Clarkville lies 363 miles [584.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the Clarkville that is located in Providence County.
New Mexico
McKinley County
This community is historic<1> and although located in McKinley County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the McKinley County community of Clarkville.
New York
Saratoga County
This Clarkville is located in Saratoga County and lies 149 miles [239.8 km]<2> to the northwest of the Clarkville that is located in Providence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saratoga County community of Clarkville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Clarkville ...
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, 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 Clarkville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Clarkville and extending to:
Providence, which is the Seat of Providence County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Clarkville to Providence, 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 most of a day.
Providence, which is the State Capital of Rhode Island, lies 20 miles [32.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 345 miles [555.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,552 miles [8,935.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,258 miles [10,071.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,135 miles [6,654.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 Clarkville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Clarkville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Clarkville 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 Clarkville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9223, Longitude: -71.7912 In this case, the coordinates for Clarkville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.476 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.061 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.119 degrees.