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 North Bloomfield:
41.886209, -72.746483
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 North Bloomfield
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:
We found five communities that are also named North Bloomfield.
Within Connecticut, the name North Bloomfield is unique.
Beyond Connecticut, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
Nevada County
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of North Bloomfield [Nevada County].
New York
Ontario County
This North Bloomfield is located in Ontario County and lies 256 miles [412 km]<2> to the west northwest of the North Bloomfield that is located in Hartford County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ontario County community of North Bloomfield.
Nova Scotia
This North Bloomfield lies 571 miles [918.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the North Bloomfield that is located in Hartford County.
Ohio
Trumbull County
This North Bloomfield is located in Trumbull County and lies 419 miles [674.3 km]<2> to the west of the North Bloomfield that is located in Hartford County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trumbull County community of North Bloomfield.
Wisconsin
Walworth County
This North Bloomfield is located in Walworth County and lies 798 miles [1,284.3 km]<2> to the west of the North Bloomfield that is located in Hartford County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walworth County community of North Bloomfield.
Curious and Interesting Names Near North Bloomfield ...
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 (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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 North Bloomfield to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in North Bloomfield and extending to:
Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies just to the south southeast (SSE).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 305 miles [490.8 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from North Bloomfield to White House, with an average speed<4>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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,593 miles [9,001.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,302 miles [10,142.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,178 miles [6,723.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 North Bloomfield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- North Bloomfield) 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.
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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.
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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 North Bloomfield 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 North Bloomfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8862, Longitude: -72.7465 In this case, the coordinates for North Bloomfield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.053 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.705 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.563 degrees.