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 Round Top:
41.999820, -71.700345
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 Round Top
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:
We found seven communities that are also named Round Top.
Within Rhode Island, the name Round Top is unique.
Beyond Rhode Island, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Benton County
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Round Top [Benton County].
New Jersey
Somerset County
This Round Top is located in Somerset County and lies 175 miles [281.6 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Round Top that is located in Providence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Round Top.
New York
Greene County
This Round Top is located in Greene County and lies 120 miles [193.1 km]<2> to the west of the Round Top that is located in Providence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Round Top.
Pennsylvania
Adams County
This Round Top is located in Adams County and lies 326 miles [524.6 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Round Top that is located in Providence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Round Top.
Tennessee
Wilson County
This Round Top is located in Wilson County and lies 872 miles [1,403.3 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Round Top that is located in Providence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilson County community of Round Top.
Texas
Fayette County
This Round Top is located in Fayette County and lies 1,611 miles [2,592.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Round Top that is located in Providence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Round Top.
Virginia
Wise County
This Round Top is located in Wise County and lies 669 miles [1,076.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Round Top that is located in Providence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wise County community of Round Top.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Round Top ...
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 Round Top to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Round Top and extending to:
Providence, which is the Seat of Providence County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Round Top to Providence, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
Providence, which is the State Capital of Rhode Island, lies 19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast (SE). The buggy would take 6 hours and walking would take just over a day.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 352 miles [566.5 km] to the southwest (SW). 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,545 miles [8,923.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,251 miles [10,060 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,128 miles [6,643.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 Round Top, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Round Top) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>
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.
<4>
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 Round Top 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 Round Top. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9998, Longitude: -71.7003 In this case, the coordinates for Round Top have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.411 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.001 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.04 degrees.