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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in East Providence, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Providence and the surrounding area.
- 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 East Providence:
- 41.814709, -71.369910
- 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 East Providence
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Providence County
- Since East Providence is near Bristol County and also Kent County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bristol County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kent 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for East Providence
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Providence ...
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.
- Carpenters Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Christian Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Christian Hill is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christian Hill
- Cork Hill ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cork Hill is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cork Hill
- Foxes Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Foxes Hill is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxes Hill
- Harris
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Harris is located in Bristol County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Kent Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Kent Heights is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Heights
- Leonard Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Luthers Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Luthers Corners is located in Bristol County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luthers Corners
- Providence
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Silver Spring
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Silver Spring is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Spring
- Six Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
How Far From East Providence to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as East Providence to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in East Providence and extending to:
- Providence, which is the Seat of Providence County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Providence, which is the State Capital of Rhode Island, lies just to the west northwest (WNW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 359 miles [577.8 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from East Providence to White House, with an average speed<2>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<3> 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).<4>
- 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).<5>
- 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).<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- East Providence) 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 East Providence 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 East Providence. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8147, Longitude: -71.3699 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.24 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.778 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.986 degrees. |
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