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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 New Hartford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Hartford 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 New Hartford:
    • 42.566573, -92.623214
    • 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 New Hartford
  • 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 New Hartford ...

We found six communities that share the name New Hartford.

Within Iowa, the name New Hartford is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Connecticut
      • Litchfield County
      • This New Hartford is located in Litchfield County and lies 1,003 miles [1,614.2 km]<1> to the east of the New Hartford that is located in Butler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Litchfield County community of New Hartford.
    • Illinois
      • Pike County
      • This New Hartford is located in Pike County and lies 224 miles [360.5 km]<1> to the south southeast of the New Hartford that is located in Butler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of New Hartford.
    • Kansas
      • Brown County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of New Hartford [Brown County].
    • Minnesota
      • Winona County
      • This New Hartford is located in Winona County and lies 107 miles [172.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the New Hartford that is located in Butler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winona County community of New Hartford.
    • Missouri
      • Pike County
      • This New Hartford is located in Pike County and lies 242 miles [389.5 km]<1> to the south southeast of the New Hartford that is located in Butler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of New Hartford.
    • New York
      • Oneida County
      • This New Hartford is located in Oneida County and lies 877 miles [1,411.4 km]<1> to the east of the New Hartford that is located in Butler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oneida County community of New Hartford.

Curious and Interesting Names Near New Hartford ...

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 City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar City
    • Cedar City is located in Black Hawk County
  • Cedar Falls
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Dairyville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dairyville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dairyville
    • Dairyville is located in Grundy County
  • Dike
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dike
    • Dike is located in Grundy County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,267 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dike <4>
  • Fern
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern
    • Fern is located in Grundy County
  • Finchford
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchford
    • Finchford is located in Black Hawk County
  • Fredsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fredsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredsville
    • Fredsville is located in Grundy County
  • Janesville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Lincoln
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
    • Lincoln is located in Grundy County
  • Shell Rock
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shell Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Rock
    • Shell Rock is located in Butler County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,268 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shell Rock <4>
  • Stout
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
    • Stout is located in Grundy County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people

How Far From New Hartford to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as New Hartford to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Allison, which is the Seat of Butler County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from New Hartford to Allison, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 84 miles [135.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 852 miles [1,371.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,325 miles [10,179.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,074 miles [11,384.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,970 miles [7,998.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

The official website for Butler County: www.butlercoiowa.org/

The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- New Hartford) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in New Hartford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5666, Longitude: -92.6232       In this case, the coordinates for New Hartford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>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 New Hartford 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.
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 New Hartford 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 317.822 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.295 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.914 degrees.




 

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