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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 Danville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Danville 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 Danville:
    • 44.458945, -72.093986
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on North Danville
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named North Danville ...

We found two communities that share the name North Danville.

Within Vermont, the name North Danville is unique.

Beyond Vermont, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New Hampshire
      • Rockingham County
      • This North Danville is located in Rockingham County and lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<1> to the south southeast of the North Danville that is located in Caledonia County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of North Danville.
    • Virginia
      • Pittsylvania 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 Virginia community of North Danville [Pittsylvania County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near North Danville ...

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.

  • Danville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Egypt
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
    • Egypt is located in Caledonia County
  • Greenbank Hollow
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbank Hollow
    • Greenbank Hollow is located in Caledonia County
    • Greenbank Hollow has also been known as:
    • Greenbank Village
    • Greenbanks
    • South Danville
  • Harvey Hollow
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harvey Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey Hollow
    • Harvey Hollow is located in Caledonia County
  • Mackville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mackville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackville
    • Mackville is located in Caledonia County
  • Miles Pond
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Miles Pond have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Pond
    • Miles Pond is located in Essex County
  • Mosquitoville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mosquitoville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosquitoville
    • Mosquitoville is located in Caledonia County
  • Pumpkin Hill ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pumpkin Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Hill
    • Pumpkin Hill is located in Caledonia County
  • Texas
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Texas have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
    • Texas is located in Essex County
  • Victory
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Victory have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
    • Victory is located in Essex County

How Far From North Danville to ...

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

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

  • Saint Johnsbury, which is the Seat of Caledonia County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Montpelier, which is the State Capital of Vermont, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from North Danville to Montpelier, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full 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 460 miles [740.3 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 27 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,465 miles [8,795.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,183 miles [9,950.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,059 miles [6,532.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for North Danville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Vermont: https://www.vermont.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- North Danville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in North Danville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.4589, Longitude: -72.0940       In this case, the coordinates for North Danville 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 North Danville 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>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.
<6>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 Danville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.284 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.272 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.964 degrees.









 

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