Gay map for Hartford, CT

Hartford is the capital of Connecticut · 41.7658, -72.6734 · updated 2026-10-15

8hues is a map-based social community for adult (18+) gay men. In Hartford that means a map of who is around right now — message them, host something where you are, or start a video room. Free to use, and no card is needed to join.

Hartford on the map

The map opens centred on Hartford at 41.7658, -72.6734. The nearest other city with a page here is Providence, 65 miles away — travel mode moves the map there and costs nothing, so neither one is out of reach from the other.

20 public places in and around Hartford are listed further down — 3 bars, 3 cafés, 3 community centres, 3 nature reserves, 3 parks, 3 pubs, a club and a garden. Among them Bissell Bridge Boat Launch, Blue State Coffee and Brickhouse Bar & Grill. They come from OpenStreetMap, and each one opens the map centred on it.

Your location stays yours

Nobody is shown where you actually are — you appear at a fixed random point inside a circle you size yourself, 250 feet to 13 miles wide. You can browse invisibly and block anyone. Full detail in the privacy policy.

What it costs

Nothing to join, and no card is needed. The map, the messages and changing your location are free and unlimited. 8hues Plus is the optional paid tier.

Public places around Hartford

• YWCA Hartford Region — community centre
• Bissell Bridge Boat Launch — park
• Keney Park — nature reserve
• Victorian Ornamental Garden — garden
• The Half Door — bar
• The Corner Pug — pub
• Lambada Night Club — club
• Daybreak — café
• William J. Pitkin Community Center — community centre
• Eisenhower Park — park
• Hayden Griswold Park — nature reserve
• The Black Rose — bar
• Pig's Eye Pub — pub
• Starbucks — café
• Eleanor Buck Wolf Nature Center — community centre
• Sigourney Square Park — park
• Hartford Audubon Society, Inc. (Main Street) — nature reserve
• Brickhouse Bar & Grill — bar
• Hog River Brewing Company — pub
• Blue State Coffee — café

Place data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.

Nearby cities

• Providence, RI — 65 mi
• Albany, NY — 83 mi
• Boston, MA — 92 mi
• New York, NY — 100 mi
• Concord, NH — 115 mi
• Trenton, NJ — 152 mi

Getting started in Hartford

• Open the Hartford map and allow location, or drop yourself on it by hand.
• Set your privacy radius before anything else — it's in the menu.
• Read the safety guidance. Members are not identity-verified.