Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in East Hartford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Hartford and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for East Hartford

• 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 East Hartford:
  • 41.767504, -72.618451
  • 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 East Hartford

• 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 Hartford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hartford County
  • Since East Hartford is near Tolland County and also Middlesex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Tolland County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex 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 East Hartford

Communities Also Named East Hartford ...

We found one communities that are also named East Hartford.

Within Connecticut, the name East Hartford is unique.

Beyond Connecticut, there is another community also named East Hartford in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • New York
    • Washington County
    • This East Hartford is located in Washington County and lies 114 miles [183.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the East Hartford that is located in Hartford County.
    • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of East Hartford.

Curious and Interesting Names Near East Hartford ...

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.

• Barber Corner ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Barber Corner is located in Hartford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber Corner
• Breakneck
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Breakneck is located in Hartford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakneck
• Cottage Grove
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Cottage Grove is located in Hartford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
• Cotton Hollow
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Cotton Hollow is located in Hartford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Hollow
• Dutch Point Colony
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Dutch Point Colony is located in Hartford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Point Colony
• Forest Village
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Forest Village is located in Hartford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Village
• Hockanum
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Hockanum is located in Hartford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hockanum
• Hopewell
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Hopewell is located in Hartford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
• Rocky Hill
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Rocky Hill is located in Hartford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rocky Hill <2>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Rocky Hill
  • From East Hartford to Rocky Hill

How Far From East Hartford 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 East Hartford to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies just to the west (W).
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 305 miles [490.8 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from East Hartford to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 18 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,593 miles [9,001.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,300 miles [10,138.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,176 miles [6,720.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'