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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 American Falls, we use the following websites to find information relevant to American Falls 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 American Falls:
- 42.781197, -112.853715
- 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 American Falls
- 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 Power County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Power County
- Since American Falls is near Bingham County and also Blaine County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bingham County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Blaine 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 American Falls
Curious and Interesting Names Near American Falls ...
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.
- Chubbuck
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Crystal
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Crystal is located in Power County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
- Don
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Don is located in Power County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Don
- Grandview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Grandview is located in Bingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Lone Rock
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lone Rock is located in Power County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Rock
- Quigley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Quigley is located in Power County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quigley
- Raft River
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Raft River is located in Cassia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raft River
- Rockland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
How Far From American Falls 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 city such as American Falls to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in American Falls and extending to:
- Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 178 miles [286.5 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from American Falls to Boise, with an average speed<3>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 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,875 miles [3,017.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 74 days and walking would take 107 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,898 miles [11,101.3 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 7,667 miles [12,338.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,667 miles [9,120.2 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 '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- American Falls) 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 American Falls 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 American Falls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7812, Longitude: -112.8537 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.861 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.757 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.176 degrees. |
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