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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 White River City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to White River City 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 White River City:
- 40.090804, -108.224253
- 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 White River City
- 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 Rio Blanco County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rio Blanco County
- Since White River City is near Moffat County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Moffat 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 White River City
Curious and Interesting Names Near White River City ...
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.
- Elk Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Elk Springs is located in Moffat County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Springs
- Jack Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jack Springs is located in Moffat County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jack Springs
- Juniper Hot Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Juniper Hot Springs is located in Moffat County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper Hot Springs
- Maybell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Meeker
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Price Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Price Creek is located in Moffat County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Creek
How Far From White River City 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 White River City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in White River City and extending to:
- Meeker, which is the Seat of Rio Blanco County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from White River City to Meeker, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 172 miles [276.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,655 miles [2,663.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 65 days and walking would take 94 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,944 miles [11,175.3 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 7,709 miles [12,406.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,660 miles [9,108.9 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- White River City) 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 White River City 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 White River City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0908, Longitude: -108.2243 In this case, the coordinates for White River City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 329.012 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 327.992 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.725 degrees. |
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