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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in North Clarendon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Clarendon and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • 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 North Clarendon:
    • 43.566736, -72.965383
    • 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 North Clarendon
  • 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 Rutland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rutland County
    • Since North Clarendon is near Windsor County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Windsor County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for North Clarendon

Communities Also Named North Clarendon ...

We found two communities that are also named North Clarendon.

Within Vermont, the name North Clarendon is unique.

Beyond Vermont, we know of two communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Pennsylvania
      • Warren County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of North Clarendon [Warren County].
    • Quebec
      • This North Clarendon lies 227 miles [365.3 km]<2> to the northwest of the North Clarendon that is located in Rutland County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near North Clarendon ...

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.

  • Brewers Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Brewers Corner is located in Rutland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewers Corner
  • Cold River
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Cold River is located in Rutland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold River
  • Cuttingsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Green Acres
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Green Acres is located in Rutland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Ira
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Ira is located in Rutland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
  • Pierces Corner
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Pierces Corner is located in Rutland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierces Corner
  • Pinnacle Ridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Pinnacle Ridge is located in Rutland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinnacle Ridge
  • Rutland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Sugarwood Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Sugarwood Hill is located in Rutland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarwood Hill

How Far From North Clarendon to ...

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 North Clarendon to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in North Clarendon and extending to:

  • Rutland, which is the Seat of Rutland County, lies just to the North.
  • Montpelier, which is the State Capital of Vermont, lies 51 miles [82.1 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from North Clarendon to Montpelier, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 385 miles [619.6 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 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,536 miles [8,909.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,252 miles [10,061.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,127 miles [6,641.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 North Clarendon 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- North Clarendon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 North Clarendon 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 North Clarendon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.5667, Longitude: -72.9654       In this case, the coordinates for North Clarendon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.958 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.878 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.839 degrees.