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 Mountain:
41.530097, -73.013440
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 Mountain
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 New Haven County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found three communities that are also named East Mountain.
Within Connecticut, the name East Mountain is unique.
Beyond Connecticut, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Van Buren County
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of East Mountain [Van Buren County].
Nova Scotia
This East Mountain lies 560 miles [901.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the East Mountain that is located in New Haven County.
Texas
Upshur County
This East Mountain is located in Upshur County and lies 1,347 miles [2,167.8 km]<2> to the west southwest of the East Mountain that is located in New Haven County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Upshur County community of East Mountain.
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Mountain ...
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.
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 East Mountain to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in East Mountain and extending to:
Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies 23 miles [37 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from East Mountain to Hartford, with an average speed<4> 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 most of a day.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 279 miles [449 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 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,619 miles [9,042.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,326 miles [10,180.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,202 miles [6,762.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 East Mountain, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>
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- East Mountain) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 East Mountain 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 East Mountain. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5301, Longitude: -73.0134 In this case, the coordinates for East Mountain have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.258 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.877 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.852 degrees.