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 East Haven:
36.893481, -76.281885
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 East Haven
Waymarking ...
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We found six communities that are also named East Haven.
Within Virginia, the name East Haven is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Colbert County
This East Haven is located in Colbert County and lies 653 miles [1,050.9 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colbert County community of East Haven.
Jefferson County
This East Haven is located in Jefferson County and lies 628 miles [1,010.7 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of East Haven.
Connecticut
New Haven County
This East Haven is located in New Haven County and lies 353 miles [568.1 km]<1> to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Haven County community of East Haven.
Indiana
Wayne County
This East Haven is located in Wayne County and lies 510 miles [820.8 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of East Haven.
Texas
Harris County
This East Haven is located in Harris County and lies 1,196 miles [1,924.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of East Haven.
Vermont
Essex County
This East Haven is located in Essex County and lies 583 miles [938.2 km]<1> to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Essex County community of East Haven.
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Haven ...
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.
Cherokee Heights (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
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 East Haven to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in East Haven and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 77 miles [123.9 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from East Haven to Richmond, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 144 miles [231.7 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,950 miles [9,575.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,644 miles [10,692.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,525 miles [7,282.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- East Haven) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 East Haven 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 East Haven. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8935, Longitude: -76.2819 In this case, the coordinates for East Haven have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.569 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.767 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.167 degrees.