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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 Shady Rest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shady Rest 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 Shady Rest:
    • 41.449818, -73.276227
    • 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 Shady Rest
  • 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 Shady Rest ...

We found seven communities that share the name Shady Rest.

Within Connecticut, the name Shady Rest is unique.

Beyond Connecticut, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Kern County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Shady Rest [Kern County].
    • Florida
      • Duval County
      • This Shady Rest is located in Duval County and lies 884 miles [1,422.7 km]<2> to the southwest of the Shady Rest that is located in Fairfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Duval County community of Shady Rest.
      • Gadsden County
      • This Shady Rest is located in Gadsden County and lies 975 miles [1,569.1 km] to the southwest of the Shady Rest that is located in Fairfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gadsden County community of Shady Rest.
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Shady Rest is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,061 miles [1,707.5 km] to the south southwest of the Shady Rest that is located in Fairfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Shady Rest.
    • South Carolina
      • Marlboro County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Shady Rest [Marlboro County].
    • Tennessee
      • Hamilton County
      • This Shady Rest is located in Hamilton County and lies 781 miles [1,256.9 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Shady Rest that is located in Fairfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Shady Rest.
      • Warren County
      • This Shady Rest is located in Warren County and lies 778 miles [1,252.1 km] to the west southwest of the Shady Rest that is located in Fairfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Shady Rest.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Shady Rest ...

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.

  • Cedar Land
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Land have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Land
    • Cedar Land is located in New Haven County
  • Heritage Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heritage Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
    • Heritage Village is located in New Haven County
  • Kettletown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kettletown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettletown
    • Kettletown is located in New Haven County
  • Obtuse Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Obtuse Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obtuse Hill
    • Obtuse Hill is located in Fairfield County
  • Pootatuck Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pootatuck Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pootatuck Park
    • Pootatuck Park is located in Fairfield County
  • Rocky Glen
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Glen
    • Rocky Glen is located in Fairfield County
  • Russian Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Russian Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russian Village
    • Russian Village is located in Litchfield County
  • Sandy Hook
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)

How Far From Shady Rest 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 Shady Rest to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Shady Rest and extending to:

  • Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Shady Rest 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 265 miles [426.5 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 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,633 miles [9,065.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,341 miles [10,204.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,217 miles [6,786.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Shady Rest. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Connecticut: https://portal.ct.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Shady Rest, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Shady Rest) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Shady Rest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4498, Longitude: -73.2762       In this case, the coordinates for Shady Rest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>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 Shady Rest 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.
<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 Shady Rest 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 305.425 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.052 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.006 degrees.




 

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