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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 Palestine:
41.365651, -73.319840
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.
We found 34 communities that share the name Palestine.
Within Connecticut, the name Palestine is unique.
Beyond Connecticut, we know of another 34 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 34 communities, 33 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Cleburne County
This Palestine is located in Cleburne County and lies 836 miles [1,345.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Palestine that is located in Fairfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cleburne County community of Palestine.
Lauderdale County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Palestine [Lauderdale County].
Arkansas
Randolph County
This Palestine is located in Randolph County and lies 1,007 miles [1,620.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Palestine that is located in Fairfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Palestine.
Saint Francis County
This Palestine is located in Saint Francis County and lies 1,049 miles [1,688.2 km] to the west southwest of the Palestine that is located in Fairfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Francis County community of Palestine.
Illinois
Crawford County
This Palestine is located in Crawford County and lies 770 miles [1,239.2 km]<1> to the west of the Palestine that is located in Fairfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Palestine.
Indiana
Franklin County
This Palestine is located in Franklin County and lies 624 miles [1,004.2 km]<1> to the west of the Palestine that is located in Fairfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Palestine.
Kosciusko County
This Palestine is located in Kosciusko County and lies 655 miles [1,054.1 km] to the west of the Palestine that is located in Fairfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kosciusko County community of Palestine.
Iowa
Van Buren County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Palestine [Van Buren County].
Kansas
Sumner 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 Kansas community of Palestine [Sumner County].
Louisiana
Washington Parish
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 Louisiana community of Palestine [Washington Parish].
Michigan
Menominee County
This Palestine is located in Menominee County and lies 764 miles [1,229.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Palestine that is located in Fairfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Menominee County community of Palestine.
Mississippi
Clay County
This Palestine is located in Clay County and lies 1,002 miles [1,612.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Palestine that is located in Fairfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Palestine.
Hinds County
This Palestine is located in Hinds County and lies 1,135 miles [1,826.6 km] to the west southwest of the Palestine that is located in Fairfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hinds County community of Palestine.
Pearl River County
This Palestine is located in Pearl River County and lies 1,180 miles [1,899 km] to the southwest of the Palestine that is located in Fairfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pearl River County community of Palestine.
Yalobusha County
This Palestine is located in Yalobusha County and lies 1,014 miles [1,631.9 km] to the west southwest of the Palestine that is located in Fairfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yalobusha County community of Palestine.
Nebraska
Platte 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 Nebraska community of Palestine [Platte County].
North Carolina
Stanly County
This Palestine is located in Stanly County and lies 553 miles [890 km]<1> to the southwest of the Palestine that is located in Fairfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stanly County community of Palestine.
Ohio
Adams County
This community is historic<2> and although located in Adams County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Palestine.
Darke County
This Palestine is located in Darke County and lies 604 miles [972 km]<1> to the west of the Palestine that is located in Fairfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Darke County community of Palestine.
Pickaway 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 Ohio community of Palestine [Pickaway County].
Ontario
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 Ontario community of Palestine.
Oregon
Benton County
This Palestine is located in Benton County and lies 2,486 miles [4,000.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Palestine that is located in Fairfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Palestine.
Multnomah 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 Oregon community of Palestine [Multnomah County].
Pennsylvania
Clearfield County
This Palestine is located in Clearfield County and lies 255 miles [410.4 km]<1> to the west of the Palestine that is located in Fairfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clearfield County community of Palestine.
Tennessee
Chester County
This Palestine is located in Chester County and lies 934 miles [1,503.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Palestine that is located in Fairfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Palestine.
Henderson County
This Palestine is located in Henderson County and lies 907 miles [1,459.7 km] to the west southwest of the Palestine that is located in Fairfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Palestine.
Henry County
This Palestine is located in Henry County and lies 883 miles [1,421.1 km] to the west southwest of the Palestine that is located in Fairfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Palestine.
Lewis County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Palestine [Lewis County].
Robertson 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 Tennessee community of Palestine [Robertson County].
Texas
Anderson County
This Palestine is located in Anderson County and lies 1,398 miles [2,249.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Palestine that is located in Fairfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Palestine.
Hopkins County
This Palestine is located in Hopkins County and lies 1,356 miles [2,182.3 km] to the west southwest of the Palestine that is located in Fairfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hopkins County community of Palestine.
Polk 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 Texas community of Palestine [Polk County].
West Virginia
Greenbrier County
This Palestine is located in Greenbrier County and lies 462 miles [743.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Palestine that is located in Fairfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenbrier County community of Palestine.
Wirt County
This Palestine is located in Wirt County and lies 455 miles [732.3 km] to the west southwest of the Palestine that is located in Fairfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wirt County community of Palestine.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Palestine ...
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 that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Palestine to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Palestine and extending to:
Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies 43 miles [69.2 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Palestine to Hartford, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full 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 259 miles [416.8 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 15 days.
The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,638 miles [9,073.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,346 miles [10,212.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,222 miles [6,794.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
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- Palestine) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Palestine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3657, Longitude: -73.3198 In this case, the coordinates for Palestine 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 Palestine, 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 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 Palestine 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>
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.
<7>
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 Palestine to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.461 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.079 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.065 degrees.