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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 Deep River, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Deep River 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 Deep River:
    • 41.385644, -72.435689
    • 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 Deep River
  • 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 Deep River ...

We found six communities that share the name Deep River.

Within Connecticut, the name Deep River is unique.

Beyond Connecticut, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Lake County
      • This Deep River is located in Lake County and lies 764 miles [1,229.5 km]<1> to the west of the Deep River that is located in Middlesex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Deep River.
    • Iowa
      • Poweshiek County
      • This Deep River is located in Poweshiek County and lies 1,029 miles [1,656 km]<1> to the west of the Deep River that is located in Middlesex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Poweshiek County community of Deep River.
    • Michigan
      • Arenac 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 Michigan community of Deep River [Arenac County].
    • North Carolina
      • Guilford County
      • This Deep River is located in Guilford County and lies 548 miles [881.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Deep River that is located in Middlesex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guilford County community of Deep River.
    • Ontario
      • This Deep River lies 411 miles [661.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Deep River that is located in Middlesex County.
    • Washington
      • Wahkiakum County
      • This Deep River is located in Wahkiakum County and lies 2,529 miles [4,070 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Deep River that is located in Middlesex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wahkiakum County community of Deep River.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Deep River ...

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.

  • Arnolds
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Cedar Lake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
    • Cedar Lake is located in Middlesex County
  • Chester
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Floral Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Floral Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral Park
    • Floral Park is located in Middlesex County
  • Goodspeeds Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goodspeeds Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodspeeds Landing
    • Goodspeeds Landing is located in Middlesex County
  • Grassy Hill ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grassy Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Hill
    • Grassy Hill is located in New London County
  • Lake View
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
    • Lake View is located in Middlesex County
  • Laysville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laysville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laysville
    • Laysville is located in New London County
  • Little Haddam
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Lord Corner ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lord Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lord Corner
    • Lord Corner is located in Middlesex County
  • Lyme
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lyme. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyme
    • Lyme is located in New London County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Lyme
    • From Deep River to Lyme
  • Old Lyme
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Lyme have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Lyme
    • Old Lyme is located in New London County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Old Lyme <4>

How Far From Deep River 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 Deep River to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Deep River and extending to:

  • Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Deep River to Hartford, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 297 miles [478 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,600 miles [9,012.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,306 miles [10,148.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,182 miles [6,730.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

The official website for Deep River: www.deepriverct.com/

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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Deep River) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Deep River. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3856, Longitude: -72.4357    
<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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Deep River 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 Deep River 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 304.932 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.486 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.666 degrees.




 

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