Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Burnside, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Burnside and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Burnside
- 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 Burnside:
- 41.779822, -72.607034
- 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 Burnside
- 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 Hartford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Hartford County
- Since Burnside is near Tolland County and also Middlesex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Tolland County
- eBird sighting report for Middlesex 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 Burnside ...
We found 28 communities that share the name Burnside.
Within Connecticut, the name Burnside is unique.
Beyond Connecticut, we know of another 28 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 28 communities, 23 are located in the United States and seven are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
- This Burnside lies 1,895 miles [3,049.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Burnside that is located in Hartford County.
- Arizona
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Cook County
- This Burnside is located in Cook County and lies 771 miles [1,240.8 km]<1> to the west of the Burnside that is located in Hartford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Burnside.
- Hancock County
- This Burnside is located in Hancock County and lies 963 miles [1,549.8 km] to the west of the Burnside that is located in Hartford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Burnside.
- Knox 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 Illinois community of Burnside [Knox County].
- Indiana
- Clinton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Burnside [Clinton County].
- Shelby County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Burnside [Shelby County].
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Atchison County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Burnside [Atchison County].
- Brown County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Burnside [Brown County].
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Manitoba
- This Burnside lies 1,356 miles [2,182.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Burnside that is located in Hartford County.
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- New York
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- This Burnside lies 1,027 miles [1,652.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Burnside that is located in Hartford County.
- Nova Scotia
- Ontario
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Clearfield County
- This Burnside is located in Clearfield County and lies 327 miles [526.3 km]<1> to the west of the Burnside that is located in Hartford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clearfield County community of Burnside.
- Delaware County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Burnside [Delaware County].
- Northumberland County
- This Burnside is located in Northumberland County and lies 216 miles [347.6 km] to the west southwest of the Burnside that is located in Hartford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northumberland County community of Burnside.
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Virginia
- Petersburg City
- This Burnside is located in Petersburg City and lies 406 miles [653.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Burnside that is located in Hartford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Petersburg City community of Burnside.
- Stafford County
- This Burnside is located in Stafford County and lies 349 miles [561.7 km] to the southwest of the Burnside that is located in Hartford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Burnside.
- Alberta
Curious and Interesting Names Near Burnside ...
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.
- Barber Corner ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barber Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber Corner
- Barber Corner is located in Hartford County
- Bolton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Bolton is located in Tolland County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bolton <5>
- Breakneck
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Case Corner ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Case Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Case Corner
- Case Corner is located in Hartford County
- Cottage Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottage Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Cottage Grove is located in Hartford County
- Cotton Hollow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cotton Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Hollow
- Cotton Hollow is located in Hartford County
- Dutch Point Colony
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dutch Point Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Point Colony
- Dutch Point Colony is located in Hartford County
- Forest Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Village
- Forest Village is located in Hartford County
- Gay City ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Hockanum
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Hopewell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Rocky Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Rocky Hill is located in Hartford County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rocky Hill <5>
How Far From Burnside to ...
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 Burnside to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Burnside and extending to:
- Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies just to the west (W).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 306 miles [492.5 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Burnside to White House, with an average speed<7>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 18 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,592 miles [8,999.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,299 miles [10,137.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,175 miles [6,719 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Burnside. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Connecticut: https://portal.ct.gov/
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 from Point A (ie- Burnside) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Burnside. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7798, Longitude: -72.6070 In this case, the coordinates for Burnside have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Burnside, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Burnside 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. |
| <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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Burnside to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.983 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.609 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.552 degrees. |