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 Hydeville:
41.993152, -72.276190
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 Hydeville
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 Tolland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found four communities that are also named Hydeville.
Within Connecticut, the name Hydeville is unique.
Beyond Connecticut, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Massachusetts
Worcester County
This Hydeville is located in Worcester County and lies 48 miles [77.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Hydeville that is located in Tolland County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Hydeville.
New York
Broome County
This Hydeville is located in Broome County and lies 189 miles [304.2 km]<1> to the west of the Hydeville that is located in Tolland County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Broome County community of Hydeville.
Chenango County
This Hydeville is located in Chenango County and lies 188 miles [302.6 km] to the west northwest of the Hydeville that is located in Tolland County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chenango County community of Hydeville.
Vermont
Rutland County
This Hydeville is located in Rutland County and lies 121 miles [194.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Hydeville that is located in Tolland County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutland County community of Hydeville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hydeville ...
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.
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 Hydeville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hydeville and extending to:
Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Hydeville to Hartford, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 328 miles [527.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,569 miles [8,962.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,277 miles [10,101.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,153 miles [6,683.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Hydeville) 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.
<3>
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.
<4>
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 Hydeville 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 Hydeville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9932, Longitude: -72.2762 In this case, the coordinates for Hydeville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.757 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.389 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.301 degrees.