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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 Warrenville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Warrenville 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 Warrenville:
    • 41.863624, -72.161997
    • 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 Warrenville
  • 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 Warrenville ...

We found six communities that share the name Warrenville.

Within Connecticut, the name Warrenville is unique.

Beyond Connecticut, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • DuPage County
      • This Warrenville is located in DuPage County and lies 823 miles [1,324.5 km]<1> to the west of the Warrenville that is located in Windham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DuPage County community of Warrenville.
    • Missouri
      • Franklin County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Franklin County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Warrenville.
    • New Jersey
      • Somerset County
      • This Warrenville is located in Somerset County and lies 148 miles [238.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Warrenville that is located in Windham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Warrenville.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Warrenville.
    • South Carolina
      • Aiken County
      • This Warrenville is located in Aiken County and lies 777 miles [1,250.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Warrenville that is located in Windham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aiken County community of Warrenville.
    • Washington
      • Kitsap County
      • This Warrenville is located in Kitsap County and lies 2,468 miles [3,971.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Warrenville that is located in Windham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kitsap County community of Warrenville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Warrenville ...

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.

  • Bedlam Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bedlam Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedlam Corner
    • Bedlam Corner is located in Windham County
  • Chaplin
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Coventry
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coventry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
    • Coventry is located in Tolland County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coventry <5>
  • Coventry Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Lake
    • Coventry Lake is located in Tolland County
  • Eagleville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
    • Eagleville is located in Tolland County
  • Mount Hope
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Hope have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
    • Mount Hope is located in Tolland County
  • Pomfret
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Stetson Corner
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stetson Corner
    • Stetson Corner is located in Windham County
  • Union
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Wormwood Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wormwood Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wormwood Hill
    • Wormwood Hill is located in Tolland County

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

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

  • Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Warrenville to Hartford, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 328 miles [527.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,570 miles [8,964 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,277 miles [10,101.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,153 miles [6,683.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Warrenville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Warrenville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8636, Longitude: -72.1620    
<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 Warrenville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 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 Warrenville 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 Warrenville 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 304.706 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.31 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.313 degrees.




 

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