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 Simpsonville:
43.072195, -72.65081
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 Simpsonville
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 Windham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found six communities that are also named Simpsonville.
Within Vermont, the name Simpsonville is unique.
Beyond Vermont, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Kentucky
Shelby County
This Simpsonville is located in Shelby County and lies 743 miles [1,195.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Simpsonville that is located in Windham County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Simpsonville.
Maryland
Howard County
This Simpsonville is located in Howard County and lies 346 miles [556.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Simpsonville that is located in Windham County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Simpsonville.
New York
Delaware County
This Simpsonville is located in Delaware County and lies 114 miles [183.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Simpsonville that is located in Windham County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Simpsonville.
South Carolina
Greenville County
This Simpsonville is located in Greenville County and lies 771 miles [1,240.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Simpsonville that is located in Windham County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Simpsonville.
Texas
Matagorda County
This Simpsonville is located in Matagorda County and lies 1,632 miles [2,626.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Simpsonville that is located in Windham County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Matagorda County community of Simpsonville.
Upshur County
This Simpsonville is located in Upshur County and lies 1,402 miles [2,256.3 km] to the west southwest of the Simpsonville that is located in Windham County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Upshur County community of Simpsonville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Simpsonville ...
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 Simpsonville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Simpsonville and extending to:
Montpelier, which is the State Capital of Vermont, lies 82 miles [132 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Simpsonville to Montpelier, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 367 miles [590.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,542 miles [8,919 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,256 miles [10,068.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,131 miles [6,648.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Simpsonville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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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.
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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 Simpsonville 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 Simpsonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0722, Longitude: -72.6508
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.835 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.656 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.938 degrees.