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 Esmond:
41.871907, -71.494097
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 six communities that are also named Esmond.
Within Rhode Island, the name Esmond is unique.
Beyond Rhode Island, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arizona
Pima County
This Esmond is located in Pima County and lies 2,246 miles [3,614.6 km]<1> to the west of the Esmond that is located in Providence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pima County community of Esmond.
Georgia
Spalding County
This Esmond is located in Spalding County and lies 918 miles [1,477.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Esmond that is located in Providence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spalding County community of Esmond.
Illinois
DeKalb County
This Esmond is located in DeKalb County and lies 894 miles [1,438.8 km]<1> to the west of the Esmond that is located in Providence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Esmond.
Manitoba
We haven't found the location of this community yet.
North Dakota
Benson County
This Esmond is located in Benson County and lies 1,436 miles [2,311 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Esmond that is located in Providence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benson County community of Esmond.
South Dakota
Kingsbury County
This Esmond is located in Kingsbury County and lies 1,330 miles [2,140.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Esmond that is located in Providence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kingsbury County community of Esmond.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Esmond ...
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 that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Esmond to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Esmond and extending to:
Providence, which is the State Capital of Rhode Island, lies just to the southeast (SE).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 356 miles [572.9 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Esmond 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 5,541 miles [8,917.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,247 miles [10,053.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,123 miles [6,635.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Esmond) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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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 Esmond 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 Esmond. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8719, Longitude: -71.4941 In this case, the coordinates for Esmond have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.306 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.861 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.012 degrees.