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 Valley Falls:
41.907916, -71.391084
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 Valley Falls
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 Valley Falls.
Within Rhode Island, the name Valley Falls is unique.
Beyond Rhode Island, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Kansas
Jefferson County
This Valley Falls is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,269 miles [2,042.3 km]<1> to the west of the Valley Falls that is located in Providence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Valley Falls.
Massachusetts
Worcester 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 Massachusetts community of Valley Falls [Worcester County].
New York
Rensselaer County
This Valley Falls is located in Rensselaer County and lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Valley Falls that is located in Providence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rensselaer County community of Valley Falls.
Oregon
Lake County
This Valley Falls is located in Lake County and lies 2,465 miles [3,967 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Valley Falls that is located in Providence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Valley Falls.
Pennsylvania
Montgomery County
This Valley Falls is located in Montgomery County and lies 227 miles [365.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Valley Falls that is located in Providence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Valley Falls.
South Carolina
Spartanburg County
This Valley Falls is located in Spartanburg County and lies 743 miles [1,195.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Valley Falls that is located in Providence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Valley Falls.
West Virginia
Marion County
This Valley Falls is located in Marion County and lies 487 miles [783.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Valley Falls that is located in Providence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Valley Falls.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Valley Falls ...
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 Valley Falls to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Valley Falls and extending to:
Providence, which is the State Capital of Rhode Island, lies just to the south southwest (SSW).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 362 miles [582.6 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Valley Falls to White House, with an average speed<3>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 15 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,535 miles [8,907.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,241 miles [10,043.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,117 miles [6,625.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Valley Falls) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Valley Falls, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Valley Falls 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 Valley Falls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9079, Longitude: -71.3911
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.24 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.793 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.949 degrees.