As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Childrens Village of the Hartford Orphan Asylum, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Childrens Village of the Hartford Orphan Asylum and the surrounding area.
Weather ...
Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
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 Childrens Village of the Hartford Orphan Asylum:
41.786766, -72.711483
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 Childrens Village of the Hartford Orphan Asylum
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:
Since Childrens Village of the Hartford Orphan Asylum is near Middlesex County and also Tolland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
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:
Open the Waymark.com report for Childrens Village of the Hartford Orphan Asylum
Curious and Interesting Names Near Childrens Village of the Hartford Orphan Asylum ...
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 (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Childrens Village of the Hartford Orphan Asylum 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 Childrens Village of the Hartford Orphan Asylum to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Childrens Village of the Hartford Orphan Asylum and extending to:
Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies just to the southeast (SE).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 302 miles [486 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Childrens Village of the Hartford Orphan Asylum to White House, with an average speed<3>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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,596 miles [9,005.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,304 miles [10,145.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,180 miles [6,727.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>
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- Childrens Village of the Hartford Orphan Asylum) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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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 Childrens Village of the Hartford Orphan Asylum 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 Childrens Village of the Hartford Orphan Asylum. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7868, Longitude: -72.7115 In this case, the coordinates for Childrens Village of the Hartford Orphan Asylum have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.045 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.679 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.595 degrees.