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 Marshfield:
44.312559, -72.367047
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 Marshfield
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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found two communities that are also named Marshfield.
Within Vermont, the name Marshfield is unique.
Beyond Vermont, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Wisconsin
Fond du Lac County
This Marshfield is located in Fond du Lac County and lies 785 miles [1,263.3 km]<1> to the west of the Marshfield that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fond du Lac County community of Marshfield.
Wood County
This Marshfield is located in Wood County and lies 872 miles [1,403.3 km] to the west of the Marshfield that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Marshfield.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Marshfield ...
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 Marshfield to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Marshfield and extending to:
Montpelier, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Marshfield 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 10 miles [16.1 km] to the west southwest (WSW). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 444 miles [714.5 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 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,482 miles [8,822.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,200 miles [9,977.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,075 miles [6,558.1 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Marshfield) 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 Marshfield 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 Marshfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.3126, Longitude: -72.3670 In this case, the coordinates for Marshfield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.477 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.464 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.173 degrees.