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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 ...
  • 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.
    • Open 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:
    • Open the 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:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Windham County
    • Open the 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Coventry

Communities Also Named Coventry ...

We found sixteen communities that are also named Coventry.

Within Connecticut, the name Coventry is unique.

Beyond Connecticut, we know of sixteen communities that are located 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
      • New Castle County
      • This Coventry is located in New Castle County and lies 226 miles [363.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Coventry that is located in Tolland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Coventry.
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Coventry is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,102 miles [1,773.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Coventry that is located in Tolland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Coventry.
    • Georgia
      • Oconee County
      • This Coventry is located in Oconee County and lies 817 miles [1,314.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Coventry that is located in Tolland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Coventry.
    • Illinois
      • McHenry County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Coventry [McHenry County].
    • 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
      • Chenango County
      • This Coventry is located in Chenango County and lies 175 miles [281.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Coventry that is located in Tolland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chenango County community of Coventry.
    • North Carolina
      • Orange County
      • This Coventry is located in Orange County and lies 539 miles [867.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Coventry that is located in Tolland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Coventry.
    • 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
      • Kent County
      • This Coventry is located in Kent County and lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<1> to the east of the Coventry that is located in Tolland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Coventry.
    • South Carolina
      • Aiken County
      • This Coventry is located in Aiken County and lies 773 miles [1,244 km]<1> to the southwest of the Coventry that is located in Tolland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aiken County community of Coventry.
    • Vermont
      • Orleans County
      • This Coventry is located in Orleans County and lies 213 miles [342.8 km]<1> to the north of the Coventry that is located in Tolland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orleans County community of Coventry.

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)
    • Bedlam Corner is located in Windham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedlam Corner
  • Bolton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Coventry Lake
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Coventry Lake is located in Tolland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Lake
  • Eagleville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Eagleville is located in Tolland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
  • Gay City ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Gay City is located in Tolland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay City
  • Hebron
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Liberty Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Liberty Hill is located in New London County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
  • Mount Hope
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Mount Hope is located in Tolland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
  • Quarryville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Quarryville is located in Tolland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville
  • Village Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Village Hill is located in New London County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Hill
  • Wormwood Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Wormwood Hill is located in Tolland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wormwood Hill

How Far From Coventry 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 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<4> 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<5> 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).<6>
  • 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).<7>
  • 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).<8>'

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- Coventry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 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 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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.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).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.804 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.405 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.423 degrees.