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 Manchester:
43.161743, -73.071494
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 Manchester
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 Bennington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found four communities that are also named Manchester.
Within Vermont, the name Manchester is unique.
Beyond Vermont, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Connecticut
Hartford County
This Manchester is located in Hartford County and lies 99 miles [159.3 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Manchester that is located in Bennington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hartford County community of Manchester.
New York
Ontario County
This Manchester is located in Ontario County and lies 208 miles [334.7 km]<1> to the west of the Manchester that is located in Bennington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ontario County community of Manchester.
Wisconsin
Green Lake County
This Manchester is located in Green Lake County and lies 801 miles [1,289.1 km]<1> to the west of the Manchester that is located in Bennington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Green Lake County community of Manchester.
Jackson County
This Manchester is located in Jackson County and lies 885 miles [1,424.3 km] to the west of the Manchester that is located in Bennington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Manchester.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Manchester ...
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 Manchester to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Manchester and extending to:
Montpelier, which is the State Capital of Vermont, lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Manchester to Montpelier, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 359 miles [577.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,556 miles [8,941.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,271 miles [10,092.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,146 miles [6,672.3 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- Manchester) 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 Manchester 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 Manchester. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1617, Longitude: -73.0715 In this case, the coordinates for Manchester have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.08 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.947 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.09 degrees.