Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy).
When in Waterfall, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Waterfall and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Waterfall
- 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 Waterfall:
- 55.297222, -133.240556
- 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 Waterfall
- 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 Waterfall ...
We found six communities that share the name Waterfall.
Within Alaska, the name Waterfall is unique.
Beyond Alaska, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New Mexico
- Ontario
- This Waterfall lies 2,309 miles [3,716 km]<2> to the east.
- Pennsylvania
- Virginia
- Wyoming
- Lincoln 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 Wyoming community of Waterfall [Lincoln County].
- Uinta County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Waterfall [Uinta County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Waterfall ...
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.
- Coppermount
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coppermount have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppermount
- Craig
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,267 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Craig <4>
How Far From Waterfall 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 Waterfall to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Waterfall and extending to:
- Juneau, which is the State Capital of Alaska, lies 212 miles [341.2 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Waterfall to Juneau, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,782 miles [4,477.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 6 days, a buggy would take 109 days and walking would take 158 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,377 miles [10,262.8 km] and it lies to the north (N).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,115 miles [11,450.5 km] and it lies to the north (N).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,421 miles [8,724.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Waterfall. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Alaska: https://alaska.gov/
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 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 Waterfall 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Waterfall) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Waterfall. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 55.2972, Longitude: -133.2406 In this case, the coordinates for Waterfall have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Waterfall 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 350.214 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 353.376 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 334.656 degrees. |