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 Phenix:
41.719798, -71.532572
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 four communities that share the name Phenix.
Within Rhode Island, the name Phenix is unique.
Beyond Rhode Island, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Lincoln County
This Phenix is located in Lincoln County and lies 1,220 miles [1,963.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Phenix that is located in Kent County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Phenix.
Indiana
Wells County
This Phenix is located in Wells County and lies 709 miles [1,141 km]<1> to the west of the Phenix that is located in Kent County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wells County community of Phenix.
Missouri
Greene County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Phenix [Greene County].
Virginia
Charlotte County
This Phenix is located in Charlotte County and lies 500 miles [804.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Phenix that is located in Kent County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charlotte County community of Phenix.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Phenix ...
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 southwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Anthony have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Phenix to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Phenix and extending to:
Providence, which is the State Capital of Rhode Island, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Phenix to Providence, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 349 miles [561.7 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,549 miles [8,930.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,254 miles [10,064.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,130 miles [6,646.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Phenix) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Phenix. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7198, Longitude: -71.5326
<2>
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 Phenix, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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>
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 Phenix to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.351 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.886 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.105 degrees.