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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 Branch School, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Branch School and the surrounding area.
- 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 Branch School:
- 43.928119, -72.883999
- 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 Branch School
- 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 Addison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Addison County
- Since Branch School is near Windsor County and also Rutland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Windsor County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rutland 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 Branch School
Curious and Interesting Names Near Branch School ...
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.
- Beanville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Beanville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beanville
- Braintree
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Braintree is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braintree
- Bread Loaf
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bread Loaf is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bread Loaf
- Fernville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fernville is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernville
- Forest Dale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Dale is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Dale
- Jerusalem
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jerusalem is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
- Michigan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Michigan is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan
- Randolph
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Salisbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Satans Kingdom
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Satans Kingdom is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Satans Kingdom
- Talcville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Talcville is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talcville
How Far From Branch School 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 community such as Branch School to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Branch School once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Branch School and extending to:
- Middlebury, which is the Seat of Addison County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Branch School to Middlebury, 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.
- Montpelier, which is the State Capital of Vermont, 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 408 miles [656.6 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 24 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,518 miles [8,880.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,236 miles [10,035.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,111 miles [6,616 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Branch School, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Branch School) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Branch School 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 Branch School. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9281, Longitude: -72.8840 In this case, the coordinates for Branch School have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.856 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.823 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.618 degrees. |
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