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we pass this GPS location for Sheffield:
44.601983, -72.114439
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.
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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 Caledonia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found 27 communities that are also named Sheffield.
Within Vermont, the name Sheffield is unique.
Beyond Vermont, we know of 27 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 27 communities, 25 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Colbert County
This Sheffield is located in Colbert County and lies 1,068 miles [1,718.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Sheffield that is located in Caledonia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colbert County community of Sheffield.
Florida
Jefferson 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 Florida community of Sheffield [Jefferson County].
Georgia
Camden 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 Georgia community of Sheffield [Camden County].
Early County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Sheffield [Early County].
Newton County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Sheffield [Newton County].
Rockdale County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Sheffield [Rockdale County].
Illinois
Bureau County
This Sheffield is located in Bureau County and lies 916 miles [1,474.2 km]<1> to the west of the Sheffield that is located in Caledonia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bureau County community of Sheffield.
Indiana
Lake 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 Indiana community of Sheffield [Lake County].
Iowa
Franklin County
This Sheffield is located in Franklin County and lies 1,055 miles [1,697.9 km]<1> to the west of the Sheffield that is located in Caledonia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Sheffield.
Kansas
Decatur County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Decatur County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Decatur County community of Sheffield.
Massachusetts
Berkshire County
This Sheffield is located in Berkshire County and lies 183 miles [294.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Sheffield that is located in Caledonia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkshire County community of Sheffield.
Michigan
Kent County
This Sheffield is located in Kent County and lies 671 miles [1,079.9 km]<1> to the west of the Sheffield that is located in Caledonia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Sheffield.
Missouri
Cape Girardeau County
Although located in Cape Girardeau County, we don't know the location within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cape Girardeau County community of Sheffield.
Jackson 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 Missouri community of Sheffield [Jackson County].
Montana
Custer County
This Sheffield is located in Custer County and lies 1,639 miles [2,637.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Sheffield that is located in Caledonia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Custer County community of Sheffield.
New Brunswick
This Sheffield lies 296 miles [476.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Sheffield that is located in Caledonia County.
North Carolina
Davie County
This Sheffield is located in Davie County and lies 746 miles [1,200.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Sheffield that is located in Caledonia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davie County community of Sheffield.
Ohio
Lorain County
This Sheffield is located in Lorain County and lies 548 miles [881.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Sheffield that is located in Caledonia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lorain County community of Sheffield.
Ontario
This Sheffield lies 411 miles [661.4 km]<1> to the west of the Sheffield that is located in Caledonia County.
Pennsylvania
Warren County
This Sheffield is located in Warren County and lies 401 miles [645.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Sheffield that is located in Caledonia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Sheffield.
South Carolina
Greenwood County
This Sheffield is located in Greenwood County and lies 896 miles [1,442 km]<1> to the southwest of the Sheffield that is located in Caledonia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenwood County community of Sheffield.
Spartanburg County
This Sheffield is located in Spartanburg County and lies 847 miles [1,363.1 km] to the southwest of the Sheffield that is located in Caledonia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Sheffield.
South Dakota
Beadle County
This Sheffield is located in Beadle County and lies 1,272 miles [2,047.1 km]<1> to the west of the Sheffield that is located in Caledonia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beadle County community of Sheffield.
Tennessee
Rhea 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 Tennessee community of Sheffield [Rhea County].
Texas
Cass County
This Sheffield is located in Cass County and lies 1,431 miles [2,303 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Sheffield that is located in Caledonia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Sheffield.
Pecos County
This Sheffield is located in Pecos County and lies 1,871 miles [3,011.1 km] to the west southwest of the Sheffield that is located in Caledonia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pecos County community of Sheffield.
Virginia
Lynchburg City
This Sheffield is located in Lynchburg City and lies 620 miles [997.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Sheffield that is located in Caledonia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lynchburg City community of Sheffield.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sheffield ...
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 Sheffield to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sheffield and extending to:
Saint Johnsbury, which is the Seat of Caledonia County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sheffield to Saint Johnsbury, with an average speed<5> 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 32 miles [51.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 468 miles [753.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,461 miles [8,788.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,179 miles [9,944.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,055 miles [6,525.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sheffield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Sheffield 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>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Sheffield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Sheffield 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 Sheffield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6020, Longitude: -72.1144
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.274 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.286 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.899 degrees.