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 Fair Haven:
41.310921, -72.895986
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.
We found thirteen communities that share the name Fair Haven.
Within Connecticut, the name Fair Haven is unique.
Beyond Connecticut, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, twelve are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Illinois
Carroll County
This Fair Haven is located in Carroll County and lies 878 miles [1,413 km]<1> to the west of the Fair Haven that is located in New Haven County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Fair Haven.
Kansas
Norton 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 Kansas community of Fair Haven [Norton County].
Michigan
Saint Clair County
This Fair Haven is located in Saint Clair County and lies 509 miles [819.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Fair Haven that is located in New Haven County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Fair Haven.
Missouri
Vernon County
This Fair Haven is located in Vernon County and lies 1,151 miles [1,852.4 km]<1> to the west of the Fair Haven that is located in New Haven County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vernon County community of Fair Haven.
New Jersey
Monmouth 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 New Jersey community of Fair Haven [Monmouth County].
New York
Cayuga County
This Fair Haven is located in Cayuga County and lies 238 miles [383 km]<1> to the northwest of the Fair Haven that is located in New Haven County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cayuga County community of Fair Haven.
Cortland County
This Fair Haven is located in Cortland County and lies 200 miles [321.9 km] to the west northwest of the Fair Haven that is located in New Haven County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cortland County community of Fair Haven.
Orleans 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 New York community of Fair Haven [Orleans County].
Newfoundland and Labrador
This Fair Haven lies 1,027 miles [1,652.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fair Haven that is located in New Haven County.
North Carolina
Moore 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 North Carolina community of Fair Haven [Moore County].
Pennsylvania
Allegheny 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 Pennsylvania community of Fair Haven [Allegheny County].
Vermont
Rutland County
This Fair Haven is located in Rutland County and lies 158 miles [254.3 km]<1> to the north of the Fair Haven that is located in New Haven County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutland County community of Fair Haven.
Virginia
Fairfax County
This Fair Haven is located in Fairfax County and lies 281 miles [452.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Fair Haven that is located in New Haven County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Fair Haven.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fair Haven ...
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.
Armoryville ‑ Historic (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Armoryville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Fair Haven to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fair Haven and extending to:
Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Fair Haven 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 274 miles [441 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 5,623 miles [9,049.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,329 miles [10,185.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,205 miles [6,767.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Fair Haven) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fair Haven. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3109, Longitude: -72.8960
<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 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 Fair Haven 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 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 Fair Haven to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.215 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.793 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.904 degrees.