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 River:
41.285376, -72.638427
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 River
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 seven communities that are also named East River.
Within Connecticut, the name East River is unique.
Beyond Connecticut, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Illinois
Kankakee County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of East River [Kankakee County].
New York
Cortland County
This East River is located in Cortland County and lies 201 miles [323.5 km]<2> to the west northwest of the East River that is located in New Haven County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cortland County community of East River.
Nova Scotia
This East River lies 484 miles [778.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the East River that is located in New Haven County.
Texas
Harris County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of East River [Harris County].
Liberty County
This East River is located in Liberty County and lies 1,464 miles [2,356.1 km]<2> to the west southwest of the East River that is located in New Haven County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Liberty County community of East River.
Montgomery 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 East River [Montgomery County].
West Virginia
Mercer County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of East River [Mercer County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near East 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.
Flanders ‑ Historic (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
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 East River to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in East River and extending to:
Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from East River to Hartford, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two 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 284 miles [457.1 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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 17 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,613 miles [9,033.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,318 miles [10,167.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,195 miles [6,751.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 East 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.
<2>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- East River) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 East River, 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 East River 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 River. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2854, Longitude: -72.6384 In this case, the coordinates for East River have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.065 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.62 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.803 degrees.