Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Guilford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Guilford and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Guilford
- 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 Guilford:
- 41.288310, -72.682019
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Guilford
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for New Haven County
- Since Guilford is near Middlesex County and also New London County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Middlesex County
- eBird sighting report for New London 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Guilford ...
We found twenty communities that share the name Guilford.
Within Connecticut, the name Guilford is unique.
Beyond Connecticut, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Florida
- Bradford 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 Florida community of Guilford [Bradford County].
- Union County
- This Guilford is located in Union County and lies 947 miles [1,524 km]<3> to the southwest of the Guilford that is located in New Haven County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Guilford.
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Maine
- Maryland
- Baltimore City
- This Guilford is located in Baltimore City and lies 247 miles [397.5 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Guilford that is located in New Haven County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore City community of Guilford.
- Howard County
- This Guilford is located in Howard County and lies 263 miles [423.3 km] to the west southwest of the Guilford that is located in New Haven County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Guilford.
- Missouri
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Columbiana County
- This Guilford is located in Columbiana County and lies 427 miles [687.2 km]<3> to the west of the Guilford that is located in New Haven County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbiana County community of Guilford.
- Madison County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Madison County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Guilford.
- Mercer County
- This community is historic and although located in Mercer County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Guilford.
- Pennsylvania
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Accomack County
- This Guilford is located in Accomack County and lies 286 miles [460.3 km]<3> to the southwest of the Guilford that is located in New Haven County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Accomack County community of Guilford.
- Fairfax County
- This Guilford is located in Fairfax County and lies 291 miles [468.3 km] to the southwest of the Guilford that is located in New Haven County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Guilford.
- Roanoke City
- This Guilford is located in Roanoke City and lies 474 miles [762.8 km] to the west southwest of the Guilford that is located in New Haven County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke City community of Guilford.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Guilford ...
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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Indian Neck
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Neck have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Neck
- Indian Neck is located in New Haven County
- Middle Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middle Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Beach
- Middle Beach is located in New Haven County
- Nut Plains
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nut Plains have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nut Plains
- Nut Plains is located in New Haven County
- Pine Orchard
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Orchard
- Pine Orchard is located in New Haven County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Pine Orchard
- From Guilford to Pine Orchard
- Podunk
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Seaview Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seaview Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaview Beach
- Seaview Beach is located in New Haven County
- Spruce Corner ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spruce Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Corner
- Spruce Corner is located in Middlesex County
- Stony Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stony Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Stony Creek is located in New Haven County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Stony Creek
- From Guilford to Stony Creek
How Far From Guilford to ...
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 Guilford to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Guilford and extending to:
- Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<3> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Guilford to Hartford, with an average speed<6> 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 283 miles [455.4 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,614 miles [9,034.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,320 miles [10,171.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,197 miles [6,754.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Guilford: www.ci.guilford.ct.us/
The official website for State of Connecticut: https://portal.ct.gov/
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 Guilford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Guilford 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> | 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- Guilford) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Guilford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2883, Longitude: -72.6820 |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Guilford to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.09 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.649 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.821 degrees. |