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 Leicester:
43.865646, -73.107376
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 Leicester
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:
We found three communities that are also named Leicester.
Within Vermont, the name Leicester is unique.
Beyond Vermont, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Massachusetts
Worcester County
This Leicester is located in Worcester County and lies 127 miles [204.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Leicester that is located in Addison County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Leicester.
New York
Livingston County
This Leicester is located in Livingston County and lies 252 miles [405.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Leicester that is located in Addison County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Leicester.
North Carolina
Buncombe County
This Leicester is located in Buncombe County and lies 760 miles [1,223.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Leicester that is located in Addison County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buncombe County community of Leicester.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Leicester ...
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 that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Leicester to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Leicester and extending to:
Middlebury, which is the Seat of Addison County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Leicester to Middlebury, 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 37 miles [59.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 398 miles [640.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,530 miles [8,899.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,247 miles [10,053.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,123 miles [6,635.3 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Leicester) 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 Leicester 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 Leicester. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.8656, Longitude: -73.1074
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.003 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.978 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.756 degrees.