Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Coventry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coventry and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Coventry
- 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 Coventry:
- 41.770099, -72.305080
- 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 Coventry
- 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 Tolland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Tolland County
- Since Coventry is near Windham County and also New London County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Windham County
- eBird sighting report for New London 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 Coventry ...
We found sixteen communities that share the name Coventry.
Within Connecticut, the name Coventry is unique.
Beyond Connecticut, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jefferson County
- This Coventry is located in Jefferson County and lies 976 miles [1,570.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Coventry that is located in Tolland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Coventry.
- Tuscaloosa County
- This Coventry is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 1,019 miles [1,639.9 km] to the west southwest of the Coventry that is located in Tolland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Coventry.
- Colorado
- Arapahoe County
- This Coventry is located in Arapahoe County and lies 1,710 miles [2,752 km]<1> to the west of the Coventry that is located in Tolland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Arapahoe County community of Coventry.
- Montrose County
- This Coventry is located in Montrose County and lies 1,910 miles [3,073.8 km] to the west of the Coventry that is located in Tolland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montrose County community of Coventry.
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- This Coventry is located in Baltimore County and lies 276 miles [444.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Coventry that is located in Tolland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Coventry.
- Montgomery County
- This Coventry is located in Montgomery County and lies 316 miles [508.6 km] to the west southwest of the Coventry that is located in Tolland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Coventry.
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ontario
- This Coventry lies 403 miles [648.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Coventry that is located in Tolland County.
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- Vermont
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Coventry ...
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.
- Bedlam Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bedlam Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedlam Corner
- Bedlam Corner is located in Windham County
- Bolton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Bolton is located in Tolland County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bolton <4>
- Coventry Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Lake
- Coventry Lake is located in Tolland County
- Eagleville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Eagleville is located in Tolland County
- Gay City ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Hebron
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Hebron is located in Tolland County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hebron <4>
- Liberty Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Liberty Hill is located in New London County
- Mount Hope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Hope have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Mount Hope is located in Tolland County
- Quarryville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quarryville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville
- Quarryville is located in Tolland County
- Village Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Village Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Hill
- Village Hill is located in New London County
- Wormwood Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wormwood Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wormwood Hill
- Wormwood Hill is located in Tolland County
How Far From Coventry to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Coventry to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Coventry and extending to:
- Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Coventry to Hartford, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 318 miles [511.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,579 miles [8,978.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,286 miles [10,116.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,163 miles [6,699.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Coventry: www.coventryct.org/
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Coventry) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Coventry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7701, Longitude: -72.3051 In this case, the coordinates for Coventry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Coventry 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. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Coventry to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.804 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.405 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.423 degrees. |