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[Bill Mocarsky]

Edited by Bill Mocarsky, 20 August 2007 - 11:41 AM.

[Fenmeister]

Bill Mocarsky, on Aug 20 2007, 11:40 AM, said:

  I know what that city is in the distance!! I have the book that picture was taken from. Isn't it amazing, how one could be in a state whose entire population is less than 500,000; then look off in the distance and see a metropolis of 2.5 million? It's wonderful. I live in Maine, and that's one advantage of living in New England. You can be lost in a completely new and different culture in just a few hours drive in your car. With all the improvements to the riverfront, great shopping, endless restaurant choices, and its diverse multicultural population, Montreal, and Quebec City as well, are fantastic destination cities!!

Edited by Fenmeister, 20 August 2007 - 08:47 PM.

[Lowerdeck]

Where in Vermont is even high enough and close enough to Boston to be able to see Boston in the distance?

I know you somewhat can from Mount Washington, but that's at 6200 feet up with major visibility around.  And I think that's closer to Boston than much of Vermont.

P.S.: Vermont has about 600k people

[Bill Mocarsky]

Lowerdeck, on Aug 21 2007, 12:45 AM, said:

Where in Vermont is even high enough and close enough to Boston to be able to see Boston in the distance?

I know you somewhat can from Mount Washington, but that's at 6200 feet up with major visibility around.  And I think that's closer to Boston than much of Vermont.

I have never heard anyone claim seeing Boston from Vermont. The Brattleboro area is the closest to Boston at about 100 miles.
I know you can see as far as the Atlantic Ocean (Maine) and to the Province of Québec from Mount Washington. Is it true you can see Boston from there? That has to be at least 150 miles.

[Lowerdeck]

Apparently from the top of the Prudential Center in Boston you can see New Hampshire and Rhode Island.  So, maybe from Mt. Wash you could see Boston.  Incredibly difficult on most days, but maybe?

[cloudship]

If you hit an absolutely perfect fall day, you can just barely make it out with binoculars. On a day like that you can see a point in all New England states (I forget what it was you could see in Ct, some hill or something), Canada (considering how bloody close it is) and there were a mountain top or two in New York. You could also see the Atlantic off the shore of Maine, although that I was having a hard part discerning. But yes, you can barely see a couple of buildings. Mind you it was supposedly some of the clearest weather they have had in many years that day. But I will tell you - it is breathtaking.

Buyt then again, so is the ride up there!

[tonyspeller]

I live in Brattleboro, and even if the buildings from Boston were that visible from Southern VT (or anywhere in VT), there would be a LOT of mountains/hills between. People do say that you can see Boston from the top of Hogback Mt. in Marlboro, VT, but only when the air is crystal clear... and again, there are a lot of mountains between there and where Boston would be. I am interested in knowing where in VT this picture is supposed to be from.

Edited by tonyspeller, 14 April 2010 - 07:18 PM.

[Bill Mocarsky]

tonyspeller, on 14 April 2010 - 07:16 PM, said:

I live in Brattleboro, and even if the buildings from Boston were that visible from Southern VT (or anywhere in VT), there would be a LOT of mountains/hills between. People do say that you can see Boston from the top of Hogback Mt. in Marlboro, VT, but only when the air is crystal clear... and again, there are a lot of mountains between there and where Boston would be. I am interested in knowing where in VT this picture is supposed to be from.

I am thinking that the picture was taken from somewhere near St Albans.

[tonyspeller]

Bill Mocarsky, on 14 April 2010 - 08:35 PM, said:

I am thinking that the picture was taken from somewhere near St Albans.

In that case... I would like to suggest that this picture is not of Boston, but of Montreal. The geography in the picture, as well as the distance between the two cities, actually makes sense this way. This can be seen by looking at google maps.

If this picture IS of Boston... it's not taken from Vermont. Study a map with some topography or terrain and see for your self.

Edited by tonyspeller, 16 April 2010 - 12:29 AM.

[Bill Mocarsky]

The dome of St Joseph's Oratory can be seen peeking above the distinct silhouette of Mont-Royal.

It looks like the picture was taken about 20 years ago. A couple of notable buildings are missing.

Edited by Bill Mocarsky, 16 April 2010 - 06:50 AM.

[Cotuit]

Was there ever some doubt that this photo was of Montreal? The second post identifies it as such. Mont Royal seems to be a pretty big clue too.

[tonyspeller]

Apologies. I was mislead by post #3.