Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Amesville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Amesville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Amesville
- 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 Amesville:
- 41.962592, -73.375878
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Amesville
- 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 Litchfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Litchfield County
- Since Amesville is near Berkshire County and also Dutchess County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Berkshire County
- eBird sighting report for Dutchess 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Amesville ...
We found four communities that share the name Amesville.
Within Connecticut, the name Amesville is unique.
Beyond Connecticut, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Louisiana
- Montana
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
Curious and Interesting Names Near Amesville ...
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.
- Falls Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Village
- Falls Village is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Falls Village <3>
- Hammertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hammertown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammertown
- Hammertown is located in Litchfield County
- Huntsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huntsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Huntsville is located in Litchfield County
- Joyceville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joyceville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyceville
- Joyceville is located in Litchfield County
- Lakeville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville
- Lakeville is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lakeville <3>
- Lime Rock
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Rock
- Lime Rock is located in Litchfield County
- Lower City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower City
- Lower City is located in Litchfield County
- Salisbury
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Salisbury is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salisbury <3>
- Sodom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Twin Lakes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Twin Lakes is located in Litchfield County
- Yelping Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yelping Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yelping Hill
- Yelping Hill is located in Litchfield County
How Far From Amesville to ...
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 Amesville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Amesville and extending to:
- Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Amesville to Hartford, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 285 miles [458.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,617 miles [9,039.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,327 miles [10,182.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,202 miles [6,762.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Amesville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Connecticut: https://portal.ct.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Amesville could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Amesville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Amesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9626, Longitude: -73.3759 |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Amesville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.422 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.133 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.809 degrees. |