Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Bayhorse, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bayhorse and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Bayhorse
- 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 Bayhorse:
- 44.397928, -114.312997
- 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 Bayhorse
- 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 Custer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Custer County
- Since Bayhorse is near Lemhi County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- eBird sighting report for Lemhi 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bayhorse ...
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 ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- Bonanza is located in Custer County
- Chilly
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast) - Crystal ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Dickey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast) - Garden City ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Garden City is located in Custer County
- May
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for May have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
- May is located in Lemhi County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for May <2>
- Robinson Bar
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robinson Bar have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Bar
- Robinson Bar is located in Custer County
- Sunbeam
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Bayhorse to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Bayhorse to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Bayhorse once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Bayhorse and extending to:
- Challis, which is the Seat of Custer County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Boise City, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 108 miles [173.8 km]<4> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Bayhorse to Boise City, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,943 miles [3,127 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 76 days and walking would take 111 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,830 miles [10,991.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,599 miles [12,229.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,622 miles [9,047.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Custer County: www.co.custer.id.us/
The official website for State of Idaho: www.state.id.us/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Bayhorse, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bayhorse) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bayhorse. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.3979, Longitude: -114.3130 |
| <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 Bayhorse 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 334.144 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 334.388 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.918 degrees. |