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 Wilton:
42.843419, -71.735074
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 21 communities that are also named Wilton.
Within New Hampshire, the name Wilton is unique.
Beyond New Hampshire, we know of 21 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 21 communities, twenty are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Shelby County
This Wilton is located in Shelby County and lies 1,062 miles [1,709.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Wilton that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Wilton.
Arkansas
Little River County
This Wilton is located in Little River County and lies 1,361 miles [2,190.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Wilton that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Little River County community of Wilton.
California
Sacramento County
This Wilton is located in Sacramento County and lies 2,576 miles [4,145.7 km]<1> to the west of the Wilton that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sacramento County community of Wilton.
Connecticut
Fairfield County
This Wilton is located in Fairfield County and lies 143 miles [230.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Wilton that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Wilton.
Illinois
Will County
This Wilton is located in Will County and lies 834 miles [1,342.2 km]<1> to the west of the Wilton that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Wilton.
Iowa
Muscatine County
This Wilton is located in Muscatine County and lies 988 miles [1,590 km]<1> to the west of the Wilton that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muscatine County community of Wilton.
Kansas
Greenwood 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 Wilton [Greenwood County].
Phillips 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 Kansas community of Wilton [Phillips County].
Pottawatomie 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 Kansas community of Wilton [Pottawatomie County].
Kentucky
Knox County
This Wilton is located in Knox County and lies 770 miles [1,239.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Wilton that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Wilton.
Maine
Franklin County
This Wilton is located in Franklin County and lies 142 miles [228.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Wilton that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Wilton.
Minnesota
Beltrami County
This Wilton is located in Beltrami County and lies 1,172 miles [1,886.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Wilton that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beltrami County community of Wilton.
Waseca County
This Wilton is located in Waseca County and lies 1,092 miles [1,757.4 km] to the west northwest of the Wilton that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Waseca County community of Wilton.
Missouri
Boone County
This Wilton is located in Boone County and lies 1,111 miles [1,788 km]<1> to the west of the Wilton that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Wilton.
New Jersey
Camden 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 New Jersey community of Wilton [Camden County].
New York
Saratoga County
This Wilton is located in Saratoga County and lies 104 miles [167.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Wilton that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saratoga County community of Wilton.
North Carolina
Granville County
This Wilton is located in Granville County and lies 588 miles [946.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Wilton that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Granville County community of Wilton.
North Dakota
McLean County
This Wilton is located in McLean County and lies 1,440 miles [2,317.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Wilton that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the McLean County community of Wilton.
Ontario
This Wilton lies 269 miles [432.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Wilton that is located in Hillsborough County.
Virginia
Middlesex County
This Wilton is located in Middlesex County and lies 440 miles [708.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Wilton that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Wilton.
Wisconsin
Monroe County
This Wilton is located in Monroe County and lies 944 miles [1,519.2 km]<1> to the west of the Wilton that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Wilton.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wilton ...
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.
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 Wilton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wilton and extending to:
Nashua, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Wilton to Nashua, with an average speed<4> 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.
Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 27 miles [43.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 388 miles [624.4 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 22 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,513 miles [8,872.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,224 miles [10,016.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,099 miles [6,596.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wilton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Wilton 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>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Wilton 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 Wilton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8434, Longitude: -71.7351 In this case, the coordinates for Wilton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.31 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.029 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.631 degrees.