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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 Sellecks Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sellecks Corners 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 Sellecks Corners:
    • 41.185374, -73.534013
    • 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 Sellecks Corners
  • 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 Sellecks Corners ...

We found one communities that share the name Sellecks Corners.

Within Connecticut, the name Sellecks Corners is unique.

Beyond Connecticut, there is another community also named Sellecks Corners in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New York
      • Saint Lawrence 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 New York community of Sellecks Corners [Saint Lawrence County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sellecks Corners ...

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.

  • Daniels Mill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Daniels Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Mill
    • Daniels Mill is located in Fairfield County
  • Gilbert Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gilbert Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert Corners
    • Gilbert Corners is located in Fairfield County
  • High Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Ridge
    • High Ridge is located in Fairfield County
  • Horseshoe Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horseshoe Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe Hill
    • Horseshoe Hill is located in Westchester County (NY)
  • Hunting Ridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunting Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Ridge
    • Hunting Ridge is located in Fairfield County
  • Lewisboro
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewisboro have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisboro
    • Lewisboro is located in Westchester County (NY)
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lewisboro <3>
  • Long Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Ridge
    • Long Ridge is located in Fairfield County
  • Pound Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Richards Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richards Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richards Corner
    • Richards Corner is located in Fairfield County
  • Vista
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
    • Vista is located in Westchester County (NY)
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vista <3>

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Sellecks Corners and extending to:

  • Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies 59 miles [95 km]<4> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Sellecks Corners to Hartford, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 243 miles [391.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,655 miles [9,100.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,362 miles [10,238.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,238 miles [6,820.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sellecks Corners. 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 Sellecks Corners 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>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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- Sellecks Corners) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sellecks Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1854, Longitude: -73.5340       In this case, the coordinates for Sellecks Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 Sellecks Corners to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.61 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.218 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.243 degrees.




 

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