Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Salisbury, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Salisbury and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Salisbury
- 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 Salisbury:
- 41.983564, -73.422287
- 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 Salisbury
- 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 Salisbury is near Dutchess County and also Berkshire County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Dutchess County
- eBird sighting report for Berkshire 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 Salisbury ...
We found 21 communities that share the name Salisbury.
Within Connecticut, the name Salisbury is unique.
Beyond Connecticut, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 21 communities, nineteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Coles 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 Illinois community of Salisbury [Coles County].
- Sangamon County
- This Salisbury is located in Sangamon County and lies 864 miles [1,390.5 km]<2> to the west of the Salisbury that is located in Litchfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sangamon County community of Salisbury.
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Missouri
- New Brunswick
- This Salisbury lies 500 miles [804.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the Salisbury that is located in Litchfield County.
- New Hampshire
- New York
- Herkimer County
- This Salisbury is located in Herkimer County and lies 106 miles [170.6 km]<2> to the northwest of the Salisbury that is located in Litchfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Herkimer County community of Salisbury.
- Nassau County
- This Salisbury is located in Nassau County and lies 85 miles [136.8 km] to the south of the Salisbury that is located in Litchfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of Salisbury.
- North Carolina
- Ontario
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Lancaster 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 Pennsylvania community of Salisbury [Lancaster County].
- Somerset County
- This Salisbury is located in Somerset County and lies 333 miles [535.9 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Salisbury that is located in Litchfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Salisbury.
- Texas
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Botetourt County
- This Salisbury is located in Botetourt County and lies 452 miles [727.4 km]<2> to the southwest of the Salisbury that is located in Litchfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Botetourt County community of Salisbury.
- Chesterfield 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 Virginia community of Salisbury [Chesterfield County].
- Illinois
Curious and Interesting Names Near Salisbury ...
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.
- Boston Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boston Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Corner
- Boston Corner is located in Columbia County (NY)
- Falls Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Village
- Falls Village is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Falls Village <5>
- Hammertown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hammertown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammertown
- Hammertown is located in Litchfield County
- Huntsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huntsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Huntsville is located in Litchfield County
- Irondale
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Joyceville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joyceville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyceville
- Joyceville is located in Litchfield County
- Lakeville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville
- Lakeville is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lakeville <5>
- Lime Rock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Rock
- Lime Rock is located in Litchfield County
- Twin Lakes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Twin Lakes is located in Litchfield County
- Whitehouse Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitehouse Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse Crossing
- Whitehouse Crossing is located in Dutchess County (NY)
How Far From Salisbury 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 Salisbury to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Salisbury and extending to:
- Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Salisbury to Hartford, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two 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 285 miles [458.7 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 5,618 miles [9,041.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,328 miles [10,183.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,204 miles [6,765.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Salisbury. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
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 Salisbury 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Salisbury) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Salisbury. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9836, Longitude: -73.4223 |
| <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 Salisbury, 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 Salisbury 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 305.447 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.165 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.82 degrees. |