Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Plymouth, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Plymouth and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Plymouth
- 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 Plymouth:
- 41.672042, -73.052885
- 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 Plymouth
- 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 Litchfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Litchfield County
- Since Plymouth is near Hartford County and also New Haven County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Hartford County
- eBird sighting report for New Haven 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 Plymouth ...
We found 37 communities that share the name Plymouth.
Within Connecticut, the name Plymouth is unique.
Beyond Connecticut, we know of another 37 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 37 communities, 35 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- California
- Delaware
- Florida
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Cerro Gordo County
- This Plymouth is located in Cerro Gordo County and lies 1,025 miles [1,649.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Plymouth that is located in Litchfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cerro Gordo County community of Plymouth.
- Plymouth County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Plymouth [Plymouth County].
- Van Buren County
- This Plymouth is located in Van Buren County and lies 972 miles [1,564.3 km] to the west of the Plymouth that is located in Litchfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Buren County community of Plymouth.
- Kansas
- Brown County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Plymouth [Brown County].
- Jewell County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Plymouth [Jewell County].
- Lyon County
- This Plymouth is located in Lyon County and lies 1,247 miles [2,006.9 km]<2> to the west of the Plymouth that is located in Litchfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lyon County community of Plymouth.
- Maine
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Gogebic County
- This Plymouth is located in Gogebic County and lies 900 miles [1,448.4 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Plymouth that is located in Litchfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gogebic County community of Plymouth.
- Wayne County
- This Plymouth is located in Wayne County and lies 536 miles [862.6 km] to the west of the Plymouth that is located in Litchfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Plymouth.
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Lowndes County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Plymouth [Lowndes County].
- Pontotoc County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Plymouth [Pontotoc County].
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- New Brunswick
- This Plymouth lies 409 miles [658.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the Plymouth that is located in Litchfield County.
- New Hampshire
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Nova Scotia
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Ohio
- Ashtabula County
- This Plymouth is located in Ashtabula County and lies 396 miles [637.3 km]<2> to the west of the Plymouth that is located in Litchfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashtabula County community of Plymouth.
- Fayette County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Plymouth [Fayette County].
- Huron County
- This Plymouth is located in Huron County and lies 500 miles [804.7 km] to the west of the Plymouth that is located in Litchfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Huron County community of Plymouth.
- Pennsylvania
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Plymouth ...
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.
- Burnt Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- 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
- Campville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Forestville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forestville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Forestville is located in Hartford County
- Greystone
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone
- Greystone is located in Litchfield County
- Long Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Overlook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Sandy Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Beach
- Sandy Beach is located in Litchfield County
- Terryville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terryville
- Terryville is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Terryville <5>
- Terryville Station
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Terryville Station have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terryville Station
- Terryville Station is located in Litchfield County
- Whigville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whigville
- Whigville is located in Hartford County
- Woodtick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Plymouth to ...
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 Plymouth to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Plymouth and extending to:
- Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Plymouth to Hartford, with an average speed<6> 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 284 miles [457.1 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 17 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,615 miles [9,036.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,323 miles [10,175.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,199 miles [6,757.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Plymouth: www.plymouthct.us/
The official website for State of Connecticut: https://portal.ct.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Plymouth 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. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Plymouth) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Plymouth. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6720, Longitude: -73.0529 In this case, the coordinates for Plymouth have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Plymouth, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Plymouth 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 305.264 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.907 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.802 degrees. |