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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 Slineyville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Slineyville 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 Slineyville:
- 41.303708, -72.916213
- 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 Slineyville
- 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 New Haven County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for New Haven County
- Since Slineyville is near Fairfield County and also Middlesex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfield County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex 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 Slineyville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Slineyville ...
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.
- Armoryville ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Armoryville is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armoryville
- Brightview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brightview is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brightview
- Centerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Centerville is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Double Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Double Beach is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Beach
- Fair Haven
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Fair Haven is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Haven
- Foxon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Foxon is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxon
- Hemingway Town ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hemingway Town is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemingway Town
- Highwood ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Highwood is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwood
- Liberia ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Liberia is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberia
- Orange
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sea Bluff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sea Bluff is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Bluff
- Short Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Short Beach is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Beach
- Spring Glen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Spring Glen is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Glen
How Far From Slineyville 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 Slineyville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Slineyville once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Slineyville and extending to:
- Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<3> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Slineyville to Hartford, with an average speed<4> 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 about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 273 miles [439.4 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 16 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,624 miles [9,051 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,330 miles [10,187.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,206 miles [6,768.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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> | 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 Slineyville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Slineyville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Slineyville 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 Slineyville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3037, Longitude: -72.9162 In this case, the coordinates for Slineyville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.228 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.806 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.916 degrees. |
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