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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 Pierces Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pierces Corner 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 Pierces Corner:
    • 43.541180, -72.953994
    • 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 Pierces Corner
  • 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 Pierces Corner ...

We found two communities that share the name Pierces Corner.

Within Vermont, the name Pierces Corner is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New York
      • Saint Lawrence 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 New York community of Pierces Corner [Saint Lawrence County].
    • Virginia
      • Lancaster County
      • This Pierces Corner is located in Lancaster County and lies 438 miles [704.9 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Pierces Corner that is located in Rutland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Pierces Corner.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pierces Corner ...

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.

  • Bowlsville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlsville
    • Bowlsville is located in Rutland County
  • Brewers Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brewers Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewers Corner
    • Brewers Corner is located in Rutland County
  • Cold River
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cold River have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold River
    • Cold River is located in Rutland County
  • Cuttingsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cuttingsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuttingsville
    • Cuttingsville is located in Rutland County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cuttingsville <4>
  • Green Acres
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
    • Green Acres is located in Rutland County
  • Ira
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ira have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
    • Ira is located in Rutland County
  • Mount Holly
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Pinnacle Ridge
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pinnacle Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinnacle Ridge
    • Pinnacle Ridge is located in Rutland County
  • Rutland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Sugarwood Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugarwood Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarwood Hill
    • Sugarwood Hill is located in Rutland County

How Far From Pierces Corner 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 Pierces Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pierces Corner 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 53 miles [85.3 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Pierces Corner to Montpelier, with an average speed<5> 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 over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 384 miles [618 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<6> 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).<7>
  • 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).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,128 miles [6,643.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

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

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

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 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 Pierces Corner 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pierces Corner) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pierces Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.5412, Longitude: -72.9540       In this case, the coordinates for Pierces Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Pierces Corner 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 304.955 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.869 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.846 degrees.




 

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