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 Duxbury:
44.327001, -72.752618
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 three communities that are also named Duxbury.
Within Vermont, the name Duxbury is unique.
Beyond Vermont, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Massachusetts
Plymouth County
This Duxbury is located in Plymouth County and lies 189 miles [304.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Duxbury that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plymouth County community of Duxbury.
Minnesota
Pine County
This Duxbury is located in Pine County and lies 966 miles [1,554.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Duxbury that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pine County community of Duxbury.
South Dakota
Spink County
This Duxbury is located in Spink County and lies 1,257 miles [2,022.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Duxbury that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spink County community of Duxbury.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Duxbury ...
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.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Duxbury to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Duxbury and extending to:
Montpelier, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Duxbury to Montpelier, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
Montpelier, which is the State Capital of Vermont, lies 9 miles [14.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 435 miles [700.1 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 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,497 miles [8,846.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,216 miles [10,003.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,091 miles [6,583.8 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' (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- Duxbury) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>
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.
<4>
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 Duxbury 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 Duxbury. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.3270, Longitude: -72.7526 In this case, the coordinates for Duxbury have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.715 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.733 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.352 degrees.