Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy).
When in Primrose, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Primrose and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Primrose
- 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 Primrose:
- 60.3783333, -149.3227778
- 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 Primrose
- 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 Primrose ...
We found seventeen communities that share the name Primrose.
Within Alaska, the name Primrose is unique.
Beyond Alaska, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- Montana
- Nebraska
- New Brunswick
- New York
- Ohio
- Ontario
- This Primrose lies 2,971 miles [4,781.4 km]<1> to the east.
- Pennsylvania
- Schuylkill County
- This Primrose is located in Schuylkill County and lies 3,277 miles [5,273.8 km]<1> to the east.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuylkill County community of Primrose.
- Washington County
- This Primrose is located in Washington County and lies 3,160 miles [5,085.5 km] to the east.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Primrose.
- Prince Edward Island
- This Primrose lies 3,427 miles [5,515.2 km]<1> to the east northeast.
- Rhode Island
- Texas
- Tarrant County
- This Primrose is located in Tarrant County and lies 3,003 miles [4,832.9 km]<1> to the east southeast.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tarrant County community of Primrose.
- Van Zandt County
- This Primrose is located in Van Zandt County and lies 3,073 miles [4,945.5 km] to the east southeast.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Zandt County community of Primrose.
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Primrose ...
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.
- Crown Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crown Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Point
- Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls
- Hope
(38 miles [61.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hope <4>
- Lakeview
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Lawing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawing
- Moose Pass
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moose Pass
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moose Pass <4>
- Silvertip
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north) - Snug Harbor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snug Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Harbor
How Far From Primrose 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 Primrose to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Primrose and extending to:
- Juneau, which is the State Capital of Alaska, lies 542 miles [872.3 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Primrose to Juneau, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 31 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 22 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 3,347 miles [5,386.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 7 days, a buggy would take 131 days and walking would take 191 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,060 miles [9,752.6 km] and it lies to the north (N).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,757 miles [10,874.3 km] and it lies to the north (N).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,291 miles [8,515 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Primrose. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Alaska: alaska.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 from Point A (ie- Primrose) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Primrose. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 60.3783, Longitude: -149.3228 In this case, the coordinates for Primrose 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 Primrose 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 . 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Primrose 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 3.877 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 8.593 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 346.159 degrees. |