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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 Lyndon:
44.514055, -72.010843
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We found eight communities that share the name Lyndon.
Within Vermont, the name Lyndon is unique.
Beyond Vermont, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Illinois
Whiteside County
This Lyndon is located in Whiteside County and lies 921 miles [1,482.2 km]<1> to the west of the Lyndon that is located in Caledonia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whiteside County community of Lyndon.
Kansas
Osage County
This Lyndon is located in Osage County and lies 1,283 miles [2,064.8 km]<1> to the west of the Lyndon that is located in Caledonia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Osage County community of Lyndon.
Kentucky
Jefferson County
This Lyndon is located in Jefferson County and lies 823 miles [1,324.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Lyndon that is located in Caledonia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Lyndon.
Maine
Aroostook 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 Maine community of Lyndon [Aroostook County].
New York
Onondaga County
This Lyndon is located in Onondaga County and lies 225 miles [362.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Lyndon that is located in Caledonia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onondaga County community of Lyndon.
Ohio
Ross County
This Lyndon is located in Ross County and lies 680 miles [1,094.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Lyndon that is located in Caledonia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ross County community of Lyndon.
Pennsylvania
Lancaster County
This Lyndon is located in Lancaster County and lies 380 miles [611.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Lyndon that is located in Caledonia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Lyndon.
Wisconsin
Juneau 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 Wisconsin community of Lyndon [Juneau County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lyndon ...
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.
Harvey Hollow (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
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 (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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 & 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 Lyndon to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lyndon and extending to:
Montpelier, which is the State Capital of Vermont, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Lyndon to Montpelier, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 466 miles [750 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 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,460 miles [8,787 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,178 miles [9,942.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,053 miles [6,522.7 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lyndon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lyndon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.5141, Longitude: -72.0108 In this case, the coordinates for Lyndon 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Lyndon 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 Lyndon 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 304.223 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.214 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.895 degrees.