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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 Scotland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Scotland and the surrounding area.
- 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 Scotland:
- 41.700376, -72.083132
- 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 Scotland
- 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 Windham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Windham County
- Since Scotland is near New London County and also Tolland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for New London County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tolland 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Scotland
Curious and Interesting Names Near Scotland ...
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.
- Baltic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bedlam Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bedlam Corner is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedlam Corner
- Chaplin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Clayville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clayville is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayville
- Franklin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Packer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Packer is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packer
- Scotland
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Stetson Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stetson Corner is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stetson Corner
- Village Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Village Hill is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Hill
- Williams Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Williams Crossing is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Crossing
How Far From Scotland to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Scotland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Scotland and extending to:
- Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Scotland to Hartford, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 324 miles [521.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,573 miles [8,968.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,279 miles [10,105.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,155 miles [6,686.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Scotland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Scotland 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 Scotland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7004, Longitude: -72.0831 In this case, the coordinates for Scotland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.681 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.255 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.358 degrees. |
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