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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Plainville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Plainville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Plainville:
    • 41.674543, -72.858156
    • 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 Plainville
  • 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 Plainville ...

We found sixteen communities that share the name Plainville.

Within Connecticut, the name Plainville is unique.

Beyond Connecticut, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Gordon County
      • This Plainville is located in Gordon County and lies 829 miles [1,334.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Plainville that is located in Hartford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gordon County community of Plainville.
    • Illinois
      • Adams County
      • This Plainville is located in Adams County and lies 965 miles [1,553 km]<1> to the west of the Plainville that is located in Hartford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Plainville.
    • Indiana
      • Davies's County
      • This Plainville is located in Davies's County and lies 777 miles [1,250.5 km]<1> to the west of the Plainville that is located in Hartford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davies's County community of Plainville.
    • Kansas
      • Rooks County
      • This Plainville is located in Rooks County and lies 1,394 miles [2,243.4 km]<1> to the west of the Plainville that is located in Hartford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rooks County community of Plainville.
    • Massachusetts
      • Bristol County
      • This Plainville is located in Bristol County and lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<1> to the east of the Plainville that is located in Hartford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bristol County community of Plainville.
      • Hampden 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 Massachusetts community of Plainville [Hampden County].
      • Hampshire County
      • This Plainville is located in Hampshire County and lies 51 miles [82.1 km] to the north northeast of the Plainville that is located in Hartford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampshire County community of Plainville.
      • Norfolk County
      • This Plainville is located in Norfolk County and lies 81 miles [130.4 km] to the east northeast of the Plainville that is located in Hartford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk County community of Plainville.
    • New Jersey
      • Gloucester County
      • This Plainville is located in Gloucester County and lies 182 miles [292.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Plainville that is located in Hartford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gloucester County community of Plainville.
      • Somerset County
      • This Plainville is located in Somerset County and lies 126 miles [202.8 km] to the southwest of the Plainville that is located in Hartford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Plainville.
    • New York
      • Onondaga County
      • This Plainville is located in Onondaga County and lies 209 miles [336.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Plainville that is located in Hartford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onondaga County community of Plainville.
    • Ohio
      • Hamilton County
      • This Plainville is located in Hamilton County and lies 628 miles [1,010.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Plainville that is located in Hartford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Plainville.
    • 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 Plainville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lebanon County
      • This Plainville is located in Lebanon County and lies 216 miles [347.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Plainville that is located in Hartford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lebanon County community of Plainville.
    • Rhode Island
      • Providence 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 Rhode Island community of Plainville [Providence County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Adams County
      • This Plainville is located in Adams County and lies 870 miles [1,400.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Plainville that is located in Hartford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Plainville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Plainville ...

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.

  • Berlin
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Bishops Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bishops Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishops Corner
    • Bishops Corner is located in Hartford County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bishops Corner <4>
  • Elm Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elm Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Hill
    • Elm Hill is located in Hartford County
  • Forestville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forestville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
    • Forestville is located in Hartford County
  • Lovely Street
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lovely Street have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovely Street
    • Lovely Street is located in Hartford County
  • Plantsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Stillmans Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stillmans Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillmans Corner
    • Stillmans Corner is located in Hartford County
  • Terryville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Terryville Station
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Terryville Station have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terryville Station
    • Terryville Station is located in Litchfield County
  • Turkey Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turkey Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Hill
    • Turkey Hill is located in Hartford County
  • Unionville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Whigville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whigville
    • Whigville is located in Hartford County

How Far From Plainville 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 Plainville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Plainville and extending to:

  • Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Plainville to Hartford, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 291 miles [468.3 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 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,606 miles [9,022 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,314 miles [10,161.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,190 miles [6,743.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

The official website for Plainville: www.plainvillect.com/

The official website for State of Connecticut: https://portal.ct.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Plainville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Plainville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6745, Longitude: -72.8582       In this case, the coordinates for Plainville 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 Plainville, 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 Plainville 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<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 Plainville 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 305.147 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.776 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.714 degrees.




 

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