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 Coventry:
41.700100, -71.682844
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 three communities that are also named Coventry.
Within Rhode Island, the name Coventry is unique.
Beyond Rhode Island, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Connecticut
Tolland County
This Coventry is located in Tolland County and lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<1> to the west of the Coventry that is located in Kent County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tolland County community of Coventry.
New York
Chenango County
This Coventry is located in Chenango County and lies 206 miles [331.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Coventry that is located in Kent County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chenango County community of Coventry.
Vermont
Orleans County
This Coventry is located in Orleans County and lies 221 miles [355.7 km]<1> to the north of the Coventry that is located in Kent County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orleans County community of Coventry.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Coventry ...
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 Coventry to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Coventry and extending to:
Providence, which is the State Capital of Rhode Island, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Coventry to Providence, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of 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 341 miles [548.8 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,556 miles [8,941.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,261 miles [10,076.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,138 miles [6,659.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Coventry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Coventry 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 Coventry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7001, Longitude: -71.6828 In this case, the coordinates for Coventry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.443 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.986 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.181 degrees.