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 Farmington:
41.727877, -72.840377
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 Farmington
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:
We found six communities that are also named Farmington.
Within Connecticut, the name Farmington is unique.
Beyond Connecticut, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
New York
Ontario County
This Farmington is located in Ontario County and lies 244 miles [392.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Farmington that is located in Hartford County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ontario County community of Farmington.
Wisconsin
Jefferson County
This Farmington is located in Jefferson County and lies 813 miles [1,308.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Farmington that is located in Hartford County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Farmington.
La Crosse County
This Farmington is located in La Crosse County and lies 934 miles [1,503.1 km] to the west northwest of the Farmington that is located in Hartford County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the La Crosse County community of Farmington.
Polk County
This Farmington is located in Polk County and lies 1,020 miles [1,641.5 km] to the west northwest of the Farmington that is located in Hartford County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Farmington.
Washington County
This Farmington is located in Washington County and lies 784 miles [1,261.7 km] to the west northwest of the Farmington that is located in Hartford County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Farmington.
Waupaca County
This Farmington is located in Waupaca County and lies 842 miles [1,355.1 km] to the west northwest of the Farmington that is located in Hartford County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Waupaca County community of Farmington.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Farmington ...
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 northeast)
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 Farmington to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Farmington and extending to:
Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies just to the east northeast (ENE).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 294 miles [473.1 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Farmington to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 17 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 5,604 miles [9,018.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,311 miles [10,156.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,188 miles [6,739.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Farmington) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
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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.
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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 Farmington 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 Farmington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7279, Longitude: -72.8404 In this case, the coordinates for Farmington have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.129 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.765 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.681 degrees.