Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Coventry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coventry and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Coventry
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- 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:
- 41.690342, -71.566586
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Coventry
- 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 Kent County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Kent County
- Since Coventry is near Providence County and also Newport County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Providence County
- eBird sighting report for Newport County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Coventry ...
We found sixteen communities that share the name Coventry.
Within Rhode Island, the name Coventry is unique.
Beyond Rhode Island, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jefferson County
- This Coventry is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,006 miles [1,619 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Coventry that is located in Kent County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Coventry.
- Tuscaloosa County
- This Coventry is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 1,049 miles [1,688.2 km] to the west southwest of the Coventry that is located in Kent County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Coventry.
- Colorado
- Arapahoe County
- This Coventry is located in Arapahoe County and lies 1,749 miles [2,814.7 km]<1> to the west of the Coventry that is located in Kent County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Arapahoe County community of Coventry.
- Montrose County
- This Coventry is located in Montrose County and lies 1,949 miles [3,136.6 km] to the west of the Coventry that is located in Kent County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montrose County community of Coventry.
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- This Coventry is located in Baltimore County and lies 305 miles [490.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Coventry that is located in Kent County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Coventry.
- Montgomery County
- This Coventry is located in Montgomery County and lies 346 miles [556.8 km] to the west southwest of the Coventry that is located in Kent County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Coventry.
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ontario
- This Coventry lies 440 miles [708.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Coventry that is located in Kent County.
- South Carolina
- Vermont
- Alabama
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.
- Anthony
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Arctic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Birch Hill ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Birch Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Hill
- Birch Hill is located in Kent County
- Centerville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centerville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Centerville is located in Kent County
- Clyde
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Frys Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frys Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frys Corner
- Frys Corner is located in Kent County
- Harris
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Hope
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Kent ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kent. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Kent is located in Providence County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Kent
- From Coventry to Kent
- Moosehorn Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moosehorn Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moosehorn Corner
- Moosehorn Corner is located in Kent County
- River Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Point
- River Point is located in Kent County
- Tarbox Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tarbox Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarbox Corner
- Tarbox Corner is located in Kent County
- Woods Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woods Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Corner
- Woods Corner is located in Newport County
How Far From Coventry to ...
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 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Coventry to Providence, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 346 miles [556.8 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,551 miles [8,933.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,256 miles [10,068.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,133 miles [6,651.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Coventry. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Rhode Island: https://www.ri.gov/
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- Coventry) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Coventry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6903, Longitude: -71.5666 |
| <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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Coventry 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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.375 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.908 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.135 degrees. |