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 Long Hill:
41.565653, -73.022884
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 Long Hill
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:
We found seven communities that are also named Long Hill.
There are three communities within Connecticut that are also named Long Hill.
Beyond Connecticut, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Located In Connecticut ...
Fairfield County
This Long Hill is located in Fairfield County and lies 23 miles [37 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Long Hill that is located in New Haven County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Long Hill.
Middlesex County
This Long Hill is located in Middlesex County and lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the east of the Long Hill that is located in New Haven County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Long Hill.
New London County
This Long Hill is located in New London County and lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Long Hill that is located in New Haven County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New London County community of Long Hill.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Maryland
Anne Arundel County
This Long Hill is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 251 miles [403.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Long Hill that is located in New Haven County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Long Hill.
New Jersey
Morris County
This Long Hill is located in Morris County and lies 94 miles [151.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Long Hill that is located in New Haven County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morris County community of Long Hill.
North Carolina
Surry County
This Long Hill is located in Surry County and lies 536 miles [862.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Long Hill that is located in New Haven County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Surry County community of Long Hill.
Nova Scotia
This Long Hill lies 688 miles [1,107.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Long Hill that is located in New Haven County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Long Hill ...
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 & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Long Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Long Hill and extending to:
Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Long Hill to Hartford, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day 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 280 miles [450.6 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,618 miles [9,041.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,325 miles [10,179.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,201 miles [6,760.9 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Long Hill) 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 Long Hill 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 Long Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5657, Longitude: -73.0229 In this case, the coordinates for Long Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.259 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.884 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.839 degrees.