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 Litchfield:
42.844175, -71.480068
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.
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 Hillsborough County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found sixteen communities that share the name Litchfield.
Within New Hampshire, the name Litchfield is unique.
Beyond New Hampshire, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arizona
Maricopa County
This Litchfield is located in Maricopa County and lies 2,288 miles [3,682.2 km]<1> to the west of the Litchfield that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maricopa County community of Litchfield.
California
Lassen County
This Litchfield is located in Lassen County and lies 2,494 miles [4,013.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Litchfield that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lassen County community of Litchfield.
Illinois
Kankakee County
This Litchfield is located in Kankakee County and lies 833 miles [1,340.6 km]<1> to the west of the Litchfield that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kankakee County community of Litchfield.
Montgomery County
This Litchfield is located in Montgomery County and lies 977 miles [1,572.3 km] to the west of the Litchfield that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Litchfield.
Kansas
Crawford County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Litchfield [Crawford County].
Maine
Kennebec County
This Litchfield is located in Kennebec County and lies 119 miles [191.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Litchfield that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kennebec County community of Litchfield.
Michigan
Hillsdale County
This Litchfield is located in Hillsdale County and lies 678 miles [1,091.1 km]<1> to the west of the Litchfield that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsdale County community of Litchfield.
Minnesota
Meeker County
This Litchfield is located in Meeker County and lies 1,151 miles [1,852.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Litchfield that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meeker County community of Litchfield.
Nebraska
Sherman County
This Litchfield is located in Sherman County and lies 1,418 miles [2,282 km]<1> to the west of the Litchfield that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sherman County community of Litchfield.
New York
Herkimer 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 New York community of Litchfield [Herkimer County].
Tioga County
This Litchfield is located in Tioga County and lies 260 miles [418.4 km]<1> to the west of the Litchfield that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tioga County community of Litchfield.
Nova Scotia
This Litchfield lies 321 miles [516.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Litchfield that is located in Hillsborough County.
Ohio
Medina County
This Litchfield is located in Medina County and lies 552 miles [888.4 km]<1> to the west of the Litchfield that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Medina County community of Litchfield.
Pennsylvania
Bradford County
This Litchfield is located in Bradford County and lies 259 miles [416.8 km]<1> to the west of the Litchfield that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradford County community of Litchfield.
Quebec
This Litchfield lies 322 miles [518.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Litchfield that is located in Hillsborough County.
Virginia
Fauquier County
This Litchfield is located in Fauquier County and lies 444 miles [714.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Litchfield that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fauquier County community of Litchfield.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Litchfield ...
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.
Blood ‑ Historic (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 community such as Litchfield to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Litchfield and extending to:
Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Litchfield to Concord, 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 most of a day.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 397 miles [638.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,503 miles [8,856.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,213 miles [9,998.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,088 miles [6,579 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Litchfield) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Litchfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8442, Longitude: -71.4801
<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 Litchfield, 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 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 Litchfield 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 Litchfield 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 304.156 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.855 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.513 degrees.