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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Vermont, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Vermont and the surrounding area.

  • 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 Vermont:
    • 43.072217, -89.785679
    • 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 Vermont
  • 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 Dane County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dane County
    • Since Vermont is near Iowa County and also Sauk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Iowa County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sauk 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Vermont

Communities Also Named Vermont ...

We found three communities that are also named Vermont.

Within Wisconsin, the name Vermont is unique.

Beyond Wisconsin, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Fulton County
      • This Vermont is located in Fulton County and lies 194 miles [312.2 km]<1> to the south of the Vermont that is located in Dane County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Vermont.
    • Indiana
      • Howard County
      • This Vermont is located in Howard County and lies 262 miles [421.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Vermont that is located in Dane County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Vermont.
    • Missouri
      • Cooper 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 Vermont [Cooper County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Vermont ...

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.

  • Arena
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Arena is located in Iowa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arena
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
  • Black Earth
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Black Earth is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Earth
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,422 people
  • Blue Mounds
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Blue Mounds is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mounds
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
  • Coon Rock
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Coon Rock is located in Iowa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Rock
  • Cross Plains
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Cross Plains is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Plains
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,280 people
  • Five Points
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Five Points is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Forward
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Forward is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forward
  • Helena
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Helena is located in Iowa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
  • Little Norway
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Little Norway is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Norway
  • Lutheran Hill
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Lutheran Hill is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutheran Hill
  • Martinsville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Martinsville is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
  • Mount Horeb
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Mount Horeb is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Horeb
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,563 people

How Far From Vermont to ...

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 Vermont to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Vermont and extending to:

  • Madison, which is the Seat of Dane County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Vermont to Madison, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
  • Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 19 miles [30.6 km] to the east (E). The buggy would take 6 hours and walking would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 723 miles [1,163.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 41 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,201 miles [9,979.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,947 miles [11,180.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,838 miles [7,786 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Vermont) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Vermont 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>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 Vermont 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 Vermont. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0722, Longitude: -89.7857       In this case, the coordinates for Vermont have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.879 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.144 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.313 degrees.