Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Durham, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Durham and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Durham
- 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 Durham:
- 41.483441, -72.681863
- 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 Durham
- 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 Middlesex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Middlesex County
- Since Durham is near New Haven County and also Hartford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for New Haven County
- eBird sighting report for Hartford 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 Durham ...
We found 31 communities that share the name Durham.
Within Connecticut, the name Durham is unique.
Beyond Connecticut, we know of another 31 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 31 communities, 29 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Florida
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Gibson County
- This Durham is located in Gibson County and lies 819 miles [1,318.1 km]<1> to the west of the Durham that is located in Middlesex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gibson County community of Durham.
- LaPorte County
- This Durham is located in LaPorte County and lies 730 miles [1,174.8 km] to the west of the Durham that is located in Middlesex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the LaPorte County community of Durham.
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Maine
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- Hunterdon County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Durham [Hunterdon County].
- Middlesex County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Durham [Middlesex County].
- New York
- North Carolina
- Nova Scotia
- This Durham lies 569 miles [915.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Durham that is located in Middlesex County.
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- This Durham lies 451 miles [725.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Durham that is located in Middlesex County.
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
- Borden County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Durham [Borden County].
- Gregg County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Durham [Gregg County].
- Hunt County
- This Durham is located in Hunt County and lies 1,389 miles [2,235.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Durham that is located in Middlesex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hunt County community of Durham.
- Washington
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Curious and Interesting Names Near Durham ...
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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnolds
- Arnolds is located in Middlesex County
- Beaver Head Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Head Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Head Corner
- Beaver Head Corner is located in New Haven County
- Cobalt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobalt
- Cobalt is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cobalt <5>
- Cobalt Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cobalt Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobalt Landing
- Cobalt Landing is located in Middlesex County
- Fox Meadows
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fox Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Meadows
- Fox Meadows is located in Middlesex County
- Gildersleeve
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gildersleeve have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gildersleeve
- Gildersleeve is located in Middlesex County
- Highland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Little City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little City
- Little City is located in Middlesex County
- Long Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Rock Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Landing
- Rock Landing is located in Middlesex County
- Rockland
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
How Far From Durham 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 Durham to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Durham and extending to:
- Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Durham 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 290 miles [466.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five 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 5,607 miles [9,023.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,313 miles [10,159.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,190 miles [6,743.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Durham: www.townofdurhamct.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 from Point A (ie- Durham) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Durham. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4834, Longitude: -72.6819 |
| <2> | 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 Durham, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Durham 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Durham 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 305.066 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.653 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.728 degrees. |