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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 Hardscrabble, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hardscrabble 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 Hardscrabble:
    • 40.971211, -72.222302
    • 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.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Hardscrabble
  • Bird Watching ...
    • 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 Suffolk County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Suffolk County
    • Since Hardscrabble is near New London County and also Middlesex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for New London County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex County
  • 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Hardscrabble

Communities Also Named Hardscrabble ...

We found fourteen communities that are also named Hardscrabble.

There is one other community in New York that is also named Hardscrabble.

Beyond New York, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In New York ...
    • Delaware County
      • This Hardscrabble is located in Delaware County and lies 153 miles [246.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Hardscrabble that is located in Suffolk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Hardscrabble.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • Sussex County
      • This Hardscrabble is located in Sussex County and lies 237 miles [381.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Hardscrabble that is located in Suffolk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Hardscrabble.
    • Indiana
      • Madison County
      • This Hardscrabble is located in Madison County and lies 717 miles [1,153.9 km]<1> to the west of the Hardscrabble that is located in Suffolk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Hardscrabble.
    • Mississippi
      • Lawrence 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 Mississippi community of Hardscrabble [Lawrence County].
    • Nevada
      • Humboldt County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Humboldt County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Humboldt County community of Hardscrabble.
    • New Hampshire
      • Grafton County
      • This Hardscrabble is located in Grafton County and lies 197 miles [317 km]<1> to the north of the Hardscrabble that is located in Suffolk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grafton County community of Hardscrabble.
    • Ohio
      • Coshocton County
      • This Hardscrabble is located in Coshocton County and lies 505 miles [812.7 km]<1> to the west of the Hardscrabble that is located in Suffolk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coshocton County community of Hardscrabble.
      • Medina County
      • This Hardscrabble is located in Medina County and lies 505 miles [812.7 km] to the west of the Hardscrabble that is located in Suffolk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Medina County community of Hardscrabble.
      • Stark 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 Ohio community of Hardscrabble [Stark County].
      • Trumbull County
      • This Hardscrabble is located in Trumbull County and lies 450 miles [724.2 km] to the west of the Hardscrabble that is located in Suffolk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trumbull County community of Hardscrabble.
    • 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 Hardscrabble.
    • Tennessee
      • Cannon County
      • This Hardscrabble is located in Cannon County and lies 827 miles [1,330.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hardscrabble that is located in Suffolk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cannon County community of Hardscrabble.
    • Vermont
      • Windsor 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 Vermont community of Hardscrabble [Windsor County].
    • Virginia
      • Highland County
      • This Hardscrabble is located in Highland County and lies 423 miles [680.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hardscrabble that is located in Suffolk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Highland County community of Hardscrabble.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hardscrabble ...

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.

  • Alewife Brook Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Barnes Hole
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Barnes Hole is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes Hole
  • Divinity Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Divinity Hill is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divinity Hill
  • Freetown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Freetown is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
  • Hands Creek Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Hands Creek Landing is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hands Creek Landing
  • Kingstown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Kingstown is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingstown
  • Maidstone Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Maidstone Park is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maidstone Park
  • Sag Harbor
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Springs is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springs
  • Threemile Harbor
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Threemile Harbor is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threemile Harbor

How Far From Hardscrabble to ...

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

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

  • Riverhead, which is the Seat of Suffolk County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Hardscrabble to Riverhead, with an average speed<5> 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.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 140 miles [225.3 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 292 miles [469.9 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,607 miles [9,023.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,310 miles [10,155 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,188 miles [6,739.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hardscrabble) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Hardscrabble, 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 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 Hardscrabble 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>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 Hardscrabble 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 Hardscrabble. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9712, Longitude: -72.2223       In this case, the coordinates for Hardscrabble have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.858 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.335 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.772 degrees.