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 Saylesville:
41.898583, -71.413102
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 two communities that share the name Saylesville.
Within Rhode Island, the name Saylesville is unique.
Beyond Rhode Island, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Wisconsin
Dodge County
This Saylesville is located in Dodge County and lies 869 miles [1,398.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Saylesville that is located in Providence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dodge County community of Saylesville.
Waukesha County
This Saylesville is located in Waukesha County and lies 863 miles [1,388.9 km] to the west of the Saylesville that is located in Providence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Waukesha County community of Saylesville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Saylesville ...
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.
Christian Hill (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Christian Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dyerville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
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 Saylesville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Saylesville and extending to:
The White House (Washington, DC) is 360 miles [579.4 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Saylesville to White House, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take 6 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,537 miles [8,910.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,242 miles [10,045.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,119 miles [6,628.9 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Saylesville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Saylesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8986, Longitude: -71.4131 In this case, the coordinates for Saylesville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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.
<3>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Saylesville 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 304.254 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.807 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.963 degrees.