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 Chimney Corner:
44.588103, -73.166241
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 Chimney Corner
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 Chittenden County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found three communities that are also named Chimney Corner.
Within Vermont, the name Chimney Corner is unique.
Beyond Vermont, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Nova Scotia
This Chimney Corner lies 594 miles [956 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Chimney Corner that is located in Chittenden County.
Virginia
Chesterfield County
This Chimney Corner is located in Chesterfield County and lies 543 miles [873.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Chimney Corner that is located in Chittenden County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesterfield County community of Chimney Corner.
West Virginia
Fayette County
This Chimney Corner is located in Fayette County and lies 607 miles [976.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Chimney Corner that is located in Chittenden County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Chimney Corner.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chimney Corner ...
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.
Butlers Corners (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Chimney Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Chimney Corner and extending to:
Montpelier, which is the State Capital of Vermont, lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Chimney Corner to Montpelier, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 440 miles [708.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 25 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,504 miles [8,857.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,224 miles [10,016.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,100 miles [6,598.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Chimney Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
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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.
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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 Chimney Corner 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 Chimney Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.5881, Longitude: -73.1662 In this case, the coordinates for Chimney Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.935 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.023 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.419 degrees.