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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 Crescent Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crescent Grove 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 Crescent Grove:
    • 42.024263, -72.524531
    • 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 Crescent Grove
  • 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 Crescent Grove ...

We found one communities that share the name Crescent Grove.

Within Connecticut, the name Crescent Grove is unique.

Beyond Connecticut, there is another community also named Crescent Grove in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Crescent Grove lies 648 miles [1,042.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Crescent Grove that is located in Hartford County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Crescent Grove ...

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.

  • Baptist Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baptist Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptist Village
    • Baptist Village is located in Hampden County (MA)
  • Feeding Hills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feeding Hills
    • Feeding Hills is located in Hampden County (MA)
  • Forest Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
    • Forest Park is located in Hampden County (MA)
  • Hazardville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazardville
    • Hazardville is located in Hartford County
  • Kings Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Corner
    • Kings Corner is located in Hartford County
  • Liberty Heights
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Heights
    • Liberty Heights is located in Hampden County (MA)
  • Longmeadow
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longmeadow
    • Longmeadow is located in Hampden County (MA)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,624 people
  • Pine Point
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Point
    • Pine Point is located in Hampden County (MA)
  • Shaker Pines
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shaker Pines have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Pines
    • Shaker Pines is located in Hartford County
  • Warehouse Point
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warehouse Point
    • Warehouse Point is located in Hartford County
  • Warehouse Point Station
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warehouse Point Station have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warehouse Point Station
    • Warehouse Point Station is located in Hartford County

How Far From Crescent Grove 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 Crescent Grove to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Crescent Grove once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Crescent Grove and extending to:

  • Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Crescent Grove 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 320 miles [515 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 19 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 6,287 miles [10,117.9 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>

The official website for State of Connecticut: https://portal.ct.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Crescent Grove) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Crescent Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0243, Longitude: -72.5245       In this case, the coordinates for Crescent Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>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.
<3>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 Crescent Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Crescent Grove to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.901 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.557 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.397 degrees.




 

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