Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in West Arlington, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Arlington and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for West Arlington
- 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 West Arlington:
- 43.103410, -73.212608
- 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 West Arlington
- 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 Bennington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Bennington County
- Since West Arlington is near Washington County and also Rensselaer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Washington County
- eBird sighting report for Rensselaer County
- 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 West Arlington ...
We found three communities that share the name West Arlington.
Within Vermont, the name West Arlington is unique.
Beyond Vermont, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Baltimore City
- This West Arlington is located in Baltimore City and lies 316 miles [508.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the West Arlington that is located in Bennington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore City community of West Arlington.
- New Jersey
- Hudson 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 New Jersey community of West Arlington [Hudson County].
- Virginia
- Arlington County
- This West Arlington is located in Arlington County and lies 356 miles [572.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the West Arlington that is located in Bennington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Arlington County community of West Arlington.
- Maryland
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Arlington ...
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.
- Beartown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Center White Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Center White Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center White Creek
- Center White Creek is located in Washington County (NY)
- Chiselville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chiselville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiselville
- Chiselville is located in Bennington County
- Eagleville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagleville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Eagleville is located in Washington County (NY)
- Fayville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Kansas
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
- Kansas is located in Bennington County
- Pumpkin Hook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pumpkin Hook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Hook
- Pumpkin Hook is located in Washington County (NY)
- Richville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Sodom
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
How Far From West Arlington 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 West Arlington to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in West Arlington and extending to:
- Manchester, which is the Seat of Bennington County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Montpelier, which is the State Capital of Vermont, lies 85 miles [136.8 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from West Arlington to Montpelier, with an average speed<5>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 352 miles [566.5 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,564 miles [8,954.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,279 miles [10,105.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,154 miles [6,685.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for West Arlington. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Vermont: https://www.vermont.gov/
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- West Arlington) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in West Arlington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1034, Longitude: -73.2126 In this case, the coordinates for West Arlington have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 West Arlington 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> | 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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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 West Arlington 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 305.174 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.043 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.184 degrees. |