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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 Dinosaur, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dinosaur 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 Dinosaur:
- 40.242454, -109.009659
- 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 Dinosaur
- 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 Moffat County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Moffat County
- Since Dinosaur is near Rio Blanco County and also Uintah County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rio Blanco County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Uintah 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 Dinosaur
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dinosaur ...
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.
- Bonanza
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Escalante Crossing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Escalante Crossing is located in Uintah County (UT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escalante Crossing
- Jack Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jack Springs is located in Moffat County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jack Springs
- Jensen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Little Bonanza
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Little Bonanza is located in Uintah County (UT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Bonanza
- Naples
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rainbow ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Red Wash
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Red Wash is located in Uintah County (UT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Wash
- Robinson Place
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Robinson Place is located in Moffat County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Place
How Far From Dinosaur 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 town such as Dinosaur to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Dinosaur and extending to:
- Craig, which is the Seat of Moffat County, lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could drive a straight line from Dinosaur to Craig, with an average speed<3>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.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 215 miles [346 km] to the east (E). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,695 miles [2,727.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 67 days and walking would take 97 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,956 miles [11,194.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,722 miles [12,427.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,679 miles [9,139.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Dinosaur) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Dinosaur 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 Dinosaur. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2425, Longitude: -109.0097 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 329.63 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 328.735 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.155 degrees. |
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