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 Saundersville:
41.815655, -71.574230
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 Saundersville
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 three communities that are also named Saundersville.
Within Rhode Island, the name Saundersville is unique.
Beyond Rhode Island, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Massachusetts
Worcester County
This Saundersville is located in Worcester County and lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Saundersville that is located in Providence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Saundersville.
Ohio
Lawrence County
This Saundersville is located in Lawrence County and lies 608 miles [978.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Saundersville that is located in Providence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Saundersville.
Tennessee
Sumner County
This Saundersville is located in Sumner County and lies 886 miles [1,425.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Saundersville that is located in Providence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumner County community of Saundersville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Saundersville ...
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, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Saundersville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Saundersville and extending to:
The White House (Washington, DC) is 350 miles [563.3 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Saundersville 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 20 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 5,547 miles [8,927 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,252 miles [10,061.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,129 miles [6,645 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- Saundersville) 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 Saundersville 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 Saundersville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8157, Longitude: -71.5742 In this case, the coordinates for Saundersville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.362 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.915 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.076 degrees.