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website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
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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 Seaside:
41.303987, -72.128966
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 ten communities that are also named Seaside.
Within Connecticut, the name Seaside is unique.
Beyond Connecticut, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alaska
This community is historichttp://www.waymarking.com/wm/search.aspx?f=1&lat=41.303987&lon=-72.128966&t=6 and we have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for Seaside.
California
Monterey County
This Seaside is located in Monterey County and lies 2,652 miles [4,268 km]<1> to the west of the Seaside that is located in New London County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monterey County community of Seaside.
Florida
Hillsborough County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Seaside [Hillsborough County].
Monroe 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 Florida community of Seaside [Monroe County].
Walton County
This Seaside is located in Walton County and lies 1,088 miles [1,751 km]<1> to the southwest of the Seaside that is located in New London County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walton County community of Seaside.
New York
Queens County
This Seaside is located in Queens County and lies 101 miles [162.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Seaside that is located in New London County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Queens County community of Seaside.
Richmond County
This Seaside is located in Richmond County and lies 119 miles [191.5 km] to the west southwest of the Seaside that is located in New London County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Seaside.
North Carolina
Brunswick County
This Seaside is located in Brunswick County and lies 618 miles [994.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Seaside that is located in New London County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brunswick County community of Seaside.
Oregon
Clatsop County
This Seaside is located in Clatsop County and lies 2,562 miles [4,123.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Seaside that is located in New London County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clatsop County community of Seaside.
South Carolina
Charleston County
This Seaside is located in Charleston County and lies 732 miles [1,178 km]<1> to the southwest of the Seaside that is located in New London County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charleston County community of Seaside.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Seaside ...
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, 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 Seaside to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Seaside and extending to:
Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies 43 miles [69.2 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Seaside to Hartford, with an average speed<3> 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 307 miles [494.1 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,590 miles [8,996.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,295 miles [10,130.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,172 miles [6,714.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Seaside) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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 Seaside 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.
<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 Seaside 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 Seaside. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3040, Longitude: -72.1290 In this case, the coordinates for Seaside have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.76 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.279 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.571 degrees.