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42.018840, -73.387065
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We found 39 communities that share the name Twin Lakes.
Within Connecticut, the name Twin Lakes is unique.
Beyond Connecticut, we know of another 39 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 39 communities, 38 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alberta
We haven't found the location of this community yet.
Arkansas
Pulaski 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 Arkansas community of Twin Lakes [Pulaski County].
California
Kern County
This Twin Lakes is located in Kern County and lies 2,457 miles [3,954.2 km]<2> to the west of the Twin Lakes that is located in Litchfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kern County community of Twin Lakes.
Lake County
This Twin Lakes is located in Lake County and lies 2,560 miles [4,119.9 km] to the west northwest of the Twin Lakes that is located in Litchfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Twin Lakes.
Los Angeles County
This Twin Lakes is located in Los Angeles County and lies 2,482 miles [3,994.4 km] to the west of the Twin Lakes that is located in Litchfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Twin Lakes.
Santa Cruz County
This Twin Lakes is located in Santa Cruz County and lies 2,578 miles [4,148.9 km] to the west of the Twin Lakes that is located in Litchfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Cruz County community of Twin Lakes.
Colorado
Adams County
This Twin Lakes is located in Adams County and lies 1,647 miles [2,650.6 km]<2> to the west of the Twin Lakes that is located in Litchfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Twin Lakes.
Lake County
This Twin Lakes is located in Lake County and lies 1,732 miles [2,787.4 km] to the west of the Twin Lakes that is located in Litchfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Twin Lakes.
Florida
Broward County
This Twin Lakes is located in Broward County and lies 1,159 miles [1,865.2 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Twin Lakes that is located in Litchfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Broward County community of Twin Lakes.
Orange 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 Florida community of Twin Lakes [Orange County].
Pasco 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 Twin Lakes [Pasco County].
Georgia
Lowndes County
This Twin Lakes is located in Lowndes County and lies 952 miles [1,532.1 km]<2> to the southwest of the Twin Lakes that is located in Litchfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lowndes County community of Twin Lakes.
Idaho
Kootenai 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 Idaho community of Twin Lakes [Kootenai County].
Illinois
Madison 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 Illinois community of Twin Lakes [Madison County].
Will County
This Twin Lakes is located in Will County and lies 747 miles [1,202.2 km]<2> to the west of the Twin Lakes that is located in Litchfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Twin Lakes.
Indiana
LaGrange County
This Twin Lakes is located in LaGrange County and lies 620 miles [997.8 km]<2> to the west of the Twin Lakes that is located in Litchfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the LaGrange County community of Twin Lakes.
Marshall County
This Twin Lakes is located in Marshall County and lies 670 miles [1,078.3 km] to the west of the Twin Lakes that is located in Litchfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Twin Lakes.
Iowa
Calhoun County
This Twin Lakes is located in Calhoun County and lies 1,084 miles [1,744.5 km]<2> to the west of the Twin Lakes that is located in Litchfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Twin Lakes.
Kentucky
Livingston County
This Twin Lakes is located in Livingston County and lies 861 miles [1,385.6 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Twin Lakes that is located in Litchfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Twin Lakes.
Maryland
Calvert County
This Twin Lakes is located in Calvert County and lies 287 miles [461.9 km]<2> to the southwest of the Twin Lakes that is located in Litchfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Twin Lakes.
Carroll County
This Twin Lakes is located in Carroll County and lies 247 miles [397.5 km] to the southwest of the Twin Lakes that is located in Litchfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Twin Lakes.
Michigan
Cass County
This Twin Lakes is located in Cass County and lies 648 miles [1,042.9 km]<2> to the west of the Twin Lakes that is located in Litchfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Twin Lakes.
Houghton County
This Twin Lakes is located in Houghton County and lies 831 miles [1,337.4 km] to the west northwest of the Twin Lakes that is located in Litchfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houghton County community of Twin Lakes.
Minnesota
Freeborn County
This Twin Lakes is located in Freeborn County and lies 1,018 miles [1,638.3 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Twin Lakes that is located in Litchfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Freeborn County community of Twin Lakes.
Mississippi
DeSoto County
This Twin Lakes is located in DeSoto County and lies 1,024 miles [1,648 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Twin Lakes that is located in Litchfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeSoto County community of Twin Lakes.
New Mexico
McKinley County
This Twin Lakes is located in McKinley County and lies 1,937 miles [3,117.3 km]<2> to the west of the Twin Lakes that is located in Litchfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the McKinley County community of Twin Lakes.
North Carolina
Harnett County
This Twin Lakes is located in Harnett County and lies 555 miles [893.2 km]<2> to the southwest of the Twin Lakes that is located in Litchfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harnett County community of Twin Lakes.
Ohio
Allen 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 Ohio community of Twin Lakes [Allen County].
Miami County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Twin Lakes [Miami County].
Portage County
This Twin Lakes is located in Portage County and lies 414 miles [666.3 km]<2> to the west of the Twin Lakes that is located in Litchfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Portage County community of Twin Lakes.
Oklahoma
Kingfisher County
This Twin Lakes is located in Kingfisher County and lies 1,365 miles [2,196.8 km]<2> to the west of the Twin Lakes that is located in Litchfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kingfisher County community of Twin Lakes.
Pennsylvania
Dauphin County
This Twin Lakes is located in Dauphin County and lies 214 miles [344.4 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Twin Lakes that is located in Litchfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dauphin County community of Twin Lakes.
Pike County
This Twin Lakes is located in Pike County and lies 89 miles [143.2 km] to the west southwest of the Twin Lakes that is located in Litchfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Twin Lakes.
South Carolina
Anderson County
This Twin Lakes is located in Anderson County and lies 719 miles [1,157.1 km]<2> to the southwest of the Twin Lakes that is located in Litchfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Twin Lakes.
Dorchester County
This Twin Lakes is located in Dorchester County and lies 727 miles [1,170 km] to the southwest of the Twin Lakes that is located in Litchfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dorchester County community of Twin Lakes.
Spartanburg County
This Twin Lakes is located in Spartanburg County and lies 678 miles [1,091.1 km] to the southwest of the Twin Lakes that is located in Litchfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Twin Lakes.
Sumter County
This Twin Lakes is located in Sumter County and lies 678 miles [1,091.1 km] to the southwest of the Twin Lakes that is located in Litchfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Twin Lakes.
Utah
Salt Lake County
This Twin Lakes is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,984 miles [3,192.9 km]<2> to the west of the Twin Lakes that is located in Litchfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Twin Lakes.
Wisconsin
Kenosha County
This Twin Lakes is located in Kenosha County and lies 759 miles [1,221.5 km]<2> to the west of the Twin Lakes that is located in Litchfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kenosha County community of Twin Lakes.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Twin Lakes ...
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.
Boston Corner (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boston Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Irondale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
Whitehouse Crossing is located in Dutchess County (NY)
How Far From Twin Lakes 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 Twin Lakes to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Twin Lakes and extending to:
Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Twin Lakes to Hartford, with an average speed<7> 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 288 miles [463.5 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 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,615 miles [9,036.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,325 miles [10,179.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,201 miles [6,760.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<11>
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 Twin Lakes 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>
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Twin Lakes) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Twin Lakes. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0188, Longitude: -73.3871
<3>
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 Twin Lakes, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>
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.
<8>
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 Twin Lakes to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.422 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.142 degrees.
<11>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.787 degrees.