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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 Hartford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to 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 Hartford:
    • 43.317689, -88.378877
    • 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 Hartford
  • 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
    • Since Hartford is near Dodge County and also Waukesha County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dodge County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Waukesha 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 Hartford

Communities Also Named Hartford ...

We found 35 communities that are also named Hartford.

Within Wisconsin, the name Hartford is unique.

Beyond Wisconsin, we know of 35 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 35 communities, 32 are located in the United States and five are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Geneva County
      • This Hartford is located in Geneva County and lies 855 miles [1,376 km]<1> to the south of the Hartford that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Geneva County community of Hartford.
    • Arkansas
      • Sebastian County
      • This Hartford is located in Sebastian County and lies 656 miles [1,055.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Hartford that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sebastian County community of Hartford.
    • Connecticut
      • Hartford County
      • This Hartford is located in Hartford County and lies 804 miles [1,293.9 km]<1> to the east of the Hartford that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hartford County community of Hartford.
    • Georgia
      • Cherokee 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 Georgia community of Hartford [Cherokee County].
      • Pulaski County
      • This Hartford is located in Pulaski County and lies 807 miles [1,298.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Hartford that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Hartford.
    • Illinois
      • Madison County
      • This Hartford is located in Madison County and lies 322 miles [518.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Hartford that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Hartford.
      • Saline 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 Illinois community of Hartford [Saline County].
      • Williamson County
      • This Hartford is located in Williamson County and lies 380 miles [611.6 km] to the south of the Hartford that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Hartford.
    • Indiana
      • Ohio County
      • This Hartford is located in Ohio County and lies 347 miles [558.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Hartford that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ohio County community of Hartford.
    • Iowa
      • Warren County
      • This Hartford is located in Warren County and lies 286 miles [460.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hartford that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Hartford.
    • Kansas
      • Lyon County
      • This Hartford is located in Lyon County and lies 525 miles [844.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Hartford that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lyon County community of Hartford.
    • Kentucky
      • Ohio County
      • This Hartford is located in Ohio County and lies 412 miles [663 km]<1> to the south of the Hartford that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ohio County community of Hartford.
    • Maine
      • Oxford County
      • This Hartford is located in Oxford County and lies 899 miles [1,446.8 km]<1> to the east of the Hartford that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oxford County community of Hartford.
    • Michigan
      • Van Buren County
      • This Hartford is located in Van Buren County and lies 135 miles [217.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Hartford that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Buren County community of Hartford.
    • Minnesota
      • Todd 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 Minnesota community of Hartford [Todd County].
    • Missouri
      • Putnam County
      • This Hartford is located in Putnam County and lies 301 miles [484.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Hartford that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Hartford.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Hartford lies 1,032 miles [1,660.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hartford that is located in Washington County.
    • New Hampshire
      • Grafton 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 Hampshire community of Hartford [Grafton County].
    • New Jersey
      • Burlington County
      • This Hartford is located in Burlington County and lies 732 miles [1,178 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Hartford that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burlington County community of Hartford.
    • New Mexico
      • Quay County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Quay County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Quay County community of Hartford.
    • New York
      • Washington County
      • This Hartford is located in Washington County and lies 751 miles [1,208.6 km]<1> to the east of the Hartford that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Hartford.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Hartford lies 1,224 miles [1,969.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hartford that is located in Washington County.
    • Ohio
      • Allen County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Hartford [Allen County].
      • Columbiana County
      • This community is historic and although located in Columbiana County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbiana County community of Hartford.
      • Guernsey 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 Ohio community of Hartford [Guernsey County].
      • Licking County
      • This Hartford is located in Licking County and lies 361 miles [581 km]<1> to the southeast of the Hartford that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Licking County community of Hartford.
      • Trumbull County
      • This Hartford is located in Trumbull County and lies 421 miles [677.5 km] to the east southeast of the Hartford that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trumbull County community of Hartford.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Hartford.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Tioga 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 Pennsylvania community of Hartford [Tioga County].
    • South Dakota
      • Minnehaha County
      • This Hartford is located in Minnehaha County and lies 429 miles [690.4 km]<1> to the west of the Hartford that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Minnehaha County community of Hartford.
    • Tennessee
      • Cocke County
      • This Hartford is located in Cocke County and lies 587 miles [944.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Hartford that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cocke County community of Hartford.
    • Vermont
      • Windsor County
      • This Hartford is located in Windsor County and lies 802 miles [1,290.7 km]<1> to the east of the Hartford that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Windsor County community of Hartford.
    • Virginia
      • Scott County
      • This Hartford is located in Scott County and lies 556 miles [894.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Hartford that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Hartford.
    • Washington
      • Snohomish County
      • This Hartford is located in Snohomish County and lies 1,643 miles [2,644.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hartford that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Snohomish County community of Hartford.
    • West Virginia
      • Mason 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 West Virginia community of Hartford [Mason County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near 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.

How Far From 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 Hartford to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • West Bend, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hartford to West Bend, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 54 miles [86.9 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 663 miles [1,067 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,139 miles [9,879.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,883 miles [11,077.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,772 miles [7,679.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hartford) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 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>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 Hartford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Hartford 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 Hartford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.3177, Longitude: -88.3789    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.922 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.089 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.519 degrees.