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website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
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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 Cabot:
44.404940, -72.311536
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.
We found eight communities that share the name Cabot.
Within Vermont, the name Cabot is unique.
Beyond Vermont, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Lonoke County
This Cabot is located in Lonoke County and lies 1,228 miles [1,976.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cabot that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lonoke County community of Cabot.
Kentucky
Hancock County
This Cabot is located in Hancock County and lies 877 miles [1,411.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cabot that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Cabot.
Louisiana
Saint Mary Parish
This Cabot is located in Saint Mary Parish and lies 1,458 miles [2,346.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Cabot that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary Parish community of Cabot.
Manitoba
This Cabot lies 1,238 miles [1,992.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cabot that is located in Washington County.
Massachusetts
Middlesex 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 Massachusetts community of Cabot [Middlesex County].
Pennsylvania
Butler County
This Cabot is located in Butler County and lies 454 miles [730.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cabot that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Cabot.
West Virginia
Boone County
This Cabot is located in Boone County and lies 652 miles [1,049.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Cabot that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Cabot.
Pleasants 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 Cabot [Pleasants County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cabot ...
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.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Harvey Hollow. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
Pumpkin Hill ‑ Historic (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pumpkin Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
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 village such as Cabot to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cabot and extending to:
Montpelier, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cabot to Montpelier, with an average speed<6> 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 five to six hours.
Montpelier, which is the State Capital of Vermont, lies 16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest (SW). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take most of a day.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 451 miles [725.8 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 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,476 miles [8,812.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,194 miles [9,968.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,070 miles [6,550 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cabot) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cabot. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.4049, Longitude: -72.3115 In this case, the coordinates for Cabot have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Cabot 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>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>
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.
<7>
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 Cabot to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.428 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.425 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.098 degrees.