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 Pittsfield:
43.773015, -72.813056
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 Pittsfield
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:
We found nine communities that are also named Pittsfield.
Within Vermont, the name Pittsfield is unique.
Beyond Vermont, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Illinois
Pike County
This Pittsfield is located in Pike County and lies 968 miles [1,557.8 km]<1> to the west of the Pittsfield that is located in Rutland County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Pittsfield.
Maine
Somerset County
This Pittsfield is located in Somerset County and lies 183 miles [294.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Pittsfield that is located in Rutland County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Pittsfield.
Massachusetts
Berkshire County
This Pittsfield is located in Berkshire County and lies 94 miles [151.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Pittsfield that is located in Rutland County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkshire County community of Pittsfield.
Michigan
Washtenaw County
This Pittsfield is located in Washtenaw County and lies 561 miles [902.8 km]<1> to the west of the Pittsfield that is located in Rutland County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washtenaw County community of Pittsfield.
New Hampshire
Merrimack County
This Pittsfield is located in Merrimack County and lies 81 miles [130.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Pittsfield that is located in Rutland County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Merrimack County community of Pittsfield.
New York
Otsego County
This Pittsfield is located in Otsego County and lies 146 miles [235 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pittsfield that is located in Rutland County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otsego County community of Pittsfield.
Ohio
Lorain County
This Pittsfield is located in Lorain County and lies 509 miles [819.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pittsfield that is located in Rutland County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lorain County community of Pittsfield.
Pennsylvania
Warren County
This Pittsfield is located in Warren County and lies 358 miles [576.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pittsfield that is located in Rutland County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Pittsfield.
Wisconsin
Brown County
This Pittsfield is located in Brown County and lies 765 miles [1,231.1 km]<1> to the west of the Pittsfield that is located in Rutland County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Pittsfield.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pittsfield ...
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 that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Pittsfield to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pittsfield and extending to:
Rutland, which is the Seat of Rutland County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pittsfield to Rutland, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
Montpelier, which is the State Capital of Vermont, lies 35 miles [56.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take most of two days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 401 miles [645.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,522 miles [8,886.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,238 miles [10,039.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,113 miles [6,619.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Pittsfield) 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 Pittsfield 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 Pittsfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.7730, Longitude: -72.8131
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.834 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.773 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.663 degrees.