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website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
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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 Stamford:
42.756104, -73.067957
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We found seven communities that are also named Stamford.
Within Vermont, the name Stamford is unique.
Beyond Vermont, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Colorado
Las Animas 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 Colorado community of Stamford [Las Animas County].
Connecticut
Fairfield County
This Stamford is located in Fairfield County and lies 119 miles [191.5 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Stamford that is located in Bennington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Stamford.
Nebraska
Harlan County
This Stamford is located in Harlan County and lies 1,379 miles [2,219.3 km]<2> to the west of the Stamford that is located in Bennington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harlan County community of Stamford.
New York
Delaware County
This Stamford is located in Delaware County and lies 82 miles [132 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Stamford that is located in Bennington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Stamford.
Ontario
This Stamford lies 305 miles [490.8 km]<2> to the west of the Stamford that is located in Bennington County.
South Dakota
Jackson County
This Stamford is located in Jackson County and lies 1,402 miles [2,256.3 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Stamford that is located in Bennington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Stamford.
Texas
Jones County
This Stamford is located in Jones County and lies 1,598 miles [2,571.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Stamford that is located in Bennington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jones County community of Stamford.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stamford ...
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.
Eastern Summit (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Eastern Summit is located in Berkshire County (MA)
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Stamford to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stamford and extending to:
Manchester, which is the Seat of Bennington County, lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Stamford to Manchester, with an average speed<3> 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.
Montpelier, which is the State Capital of Vermont, lies 106 miles [170.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 337 miles [542.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,572 miles [8,967.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,285 miles [10,114.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,160 miles [6,694.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
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 Stamford 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Stamford) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Stamford 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 Stamford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7561, Longitude: -73.0680
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.133 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.939 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.287 degrees.