Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Middlebury, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Middlebury and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Middlebury
- 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 Middlebury:
- 41.527874, -73.127611
- 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 Middlebury
- 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 Middlebury is near Litchfield County and also Hartford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Litchfield County
- eBird sighting report for Hartford 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 Middlebury ...
We found ten communities that share the name Middlebury.
Within Connecticut, the name Middlebury is unique.
Beyond Connecticut, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Cook County
- This Middlebury is located in Cook County and lies 777 miles [1,250.5 km]<1> to the west of the Middlebury that is located in New Haven County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Middlebury.
- Indiana
- Clay County
- This Middlebury is located in Clay County and lies 751 miles [1,208.6 km]<1> to the west of the Middlebury that is located in New Haven County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Middlebury.
- Elkhart County
- This Middlebury is located in Elkhart County and lies 649 miles [1,044.5 km] to the west of the Middlebury that is located in New Haven County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elkhart County community of Middlebury.
- Missouri
- Mercer County
- Although located in Mercer County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Middlebury.
- Ohio
- Delaware County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Delaware County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Middlebury.
- Summit County
- This community is historic and although located in Summit County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Summit County community of Middlebury.
- Van Wert County
- This Middlebury is located in Van Wert County and lies 605 miles [973.7 km]<1> to the west of the Middlebury that is located in New Haven County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Wert County community of Middlebury.
- Pennsylvania
- Tioga County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Middlebury [Tioga County].
- Vermont
- Addison County
- This Middlebury is located in Addison County and lies 171 miles [275.2 km]<1> to the north of the Middlebury that is located in New Haven County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Addison County community of Middlebury.
- Wisconsin
- Iowa County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Middlebury [Iowa County].
- Illinois
Curious and Interesting Names Near Middlebury ...
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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Burnt Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burnt Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Hill
- Burnt Hill is located in New Haven County
- Cedar Land
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Land have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Land
- Cedar Land is located in New Haven County
- Fair Lawn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Heritage Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heritage Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Heritage Village is located in New Haven County
- Hillcrest
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Hopeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Kettletown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kettletown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettletown
- Kettletown is located in New Haven County
- Long Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Minortown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Overlook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Straitsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Straitsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straitsville
- Straitsville is located in New Haven County
- Town Plot Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Town Plot Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Plot Hill
- Town Plot Hill is located in New Haven County
- Union City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Union City is located in New Haven County
How Far From Middlebury to ...
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 Middlebury to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Middlebury and extending to:
- Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Middlebury to Hartford, with an average speed<5> 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 just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 274 miles [441 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 5,624 miles [9,051 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,331 miles [10,188.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,207 miles [6,770.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Middlebury: www.middlebury-ct.org/
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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Middlebury) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Middlebury. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5279, Longitude: -73.1276 In this case, the coordinates for Middlebury have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Middlebury, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Middlebury 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. |
| <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 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 Middlebury 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 305.326 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.954 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.904 degrees. |