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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 Point Judith, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Point Judith 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 Point Judith:
- 41.369148, -71.487410
- 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 Point Judith
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Point Judith is near Newport County and also Kent County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Newport 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 Point Judith
Curious and Interesting Names Near Point Judith ...
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.
- Green Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Green Hill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Jerusalem
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Peace Dale
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rocky Brook
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rodman Crossing ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rodman Crossing is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodman Crossing
- Seaweed Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Seaweed Beach is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaweed Beach
- Snug Harbor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Snug Harbor is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Harbor
- Tower Hill ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Tower Hill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Hill
- Tuckertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Tuckertown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckertown
- Whale Rock Light ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Whale Rock Light is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whale Rock Light
How Far From Point Judith 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 community such as Point Judith to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Point Judith and extending to:
- Wakefield, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies just to the North.
- Providence, which is the State Capital of Rhode Island, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Point Judith to Providence, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 338 miles [544 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 5,560 miles [8,948 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,264 miles [10,080.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,141 miles [6,664.3 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' (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- Point Judith) 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 Point Judith 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 Point Judith. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3691, Longitude: -71.4874 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.373 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.852 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.259 degrees. |
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