Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Hartford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hartford and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Hartford
- 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 Hartford:
- 41.770848, -72.681278
- 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 Hartford
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Hartford County
- Since Hartford is near Tolland County and also Middlesex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Tolland County
- eBird sighting report for Middlesex 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 Hartford ...
We found 35 communities that share the name Hartford.
Within Connecticut, the name Hartford is unique.
Beyond Connecticut, we know of another 35 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 35 communities, 32 are located in the United States and five are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Georgia
- Cherokee 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 Georgia community of Hartford [Cherokee County].
- Pulaski County
- This Hartford is located in Pulaski County and lies 882 miles [1,419.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Hartford that is located in Hartford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Hartford.
- Illinois
- Madison County
- This Hartford is located in Madison County and lies 937 miles [1,508 km]<1> to the west of the Hartford that is located in Hartford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Hartford.
- Saline 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 Illinois community of Hartford [Saline County].
- Williamson County
- This Hartford is located in Williamson County and lies 889 miles [1,430.7 km] to the west southwest of the Hartford that is located in Hartford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Hartford.
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- New Brunswick
- This Hartford lies 393 miles [632.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hartford that is located in Hartford County.
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- Nova Scotia
- This Hartford lies 528 miles [849.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hartford that is located in Hartford County.
- Ohio
- Allen 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 Ohio community of Hartford [Allen County].
- Columbiana County
- This community is historic and although located in Columbiana County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbiana County community of Hartford.
- Guernsey 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 Ohio community of Hartford [Guernsey County].
- Licking County
- This Hartford is located in Licking County and lies 531 miles [854.6 km]<1> to the west of the Hartford that is located in Hartford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Licking County community of Hartford.
- Trumbull County
- This Hartford is located in Trumbull County and lies 408 miles [656.6 km] to the west of the Hartford that is located in Hartford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trumbull County community of Hartford.
- Ontario
- Pennsylvania
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hartford ...
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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barber Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber Corner
- Barber Corner is located in Hartford County
- Breakneck
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Case Corner ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Case Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Case Corner
- Case Corner is located in Hartford County
- Cottage Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottage Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Cottage Grove is located in Hartford County
- Cotton Hollow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cotton Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Hollow
- Cotton Hollow is located in Hartford County
- Dutch Point Colony
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dutch Point Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Point Colony
- Dutch Point Colony is located in Hartford County
- Elm Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Forest Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Village
- Forest Village is located in Hartford County
- Hockanum
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Hopewell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Rocky Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Rocky Hill is located in Hartford County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rocky Hill <5>
How Far From Hartford to ...
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 city such as Hartford to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hartford and extending to:
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 303 miles [487.6 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Hartford to White House, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 18 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,595 miles [9,004.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,303 miles [10,143.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,179 miles [6,725.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Hartford: www.hartford.gov/
The official website for State of Connecticut: https://portal.ct.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hartford) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hartford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7708, Longitude: -72.6813 |
| <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 Hartford 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> | 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 Hartford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Hartford 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 305.029 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.659 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.589 degrees. |