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41.485651, -73.237893
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We found six communities that share the name Heritage Village.
Within Connecticut, the name Heritage Village is unique.
Beyond Connecticut, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Delaware
Sussex County
This Heritage Village is located in Sussex County and lies 232 miles [373.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Heritage Village that is located in New Haven County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Heritage Village.
New Jersey
Burlington County
This Heritage Village is located in Burlington County and lies 140 miles [225.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Heritage Village that is located in New Haven County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burlington County community of Heritage Village.
North Carolina
Forsyth County
This Heritage Village is located in Forsyth County and lies 529 miles [851.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Heritage Village that is located in New Haven County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Forsyth County community of Heritage Village.
Pitt County
This Heritage Village is located in Pitt County and lies 463 miles [745.1 km] to the south southwest of the Heritage Village that is located in New Haven County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pitt County community of Heritage Village.
Ohio
Tuscarawas County
This Heritage Village is located in Tuscarawas County and lies 434 miles [698.5 km]<1> to the west of the Heritage Village that is located in New Haven County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscarawas County community of Heritage Village.
Virginia
Fairfax 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 Virginia community of Heritage Village [Fairfax County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Heritage Village ...
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.
Acropolis ‑ Historic (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Acropolis have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Heritage Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Heritage Village and extending to:
Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Heritage Village to Hartford, with an average speed<5> 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 about two full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 268 miles [431.3 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,630 miles [9,060.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,338 miles [10,200 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,214 miles [6,781.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
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- Heritage Village) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Heritage Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4857, Longitude: -73.2379 In this case, the coordinates for Heritage Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Heritage Village 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>
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.
<6>
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 Heritage Village to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.397 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.027 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.972 degrees.