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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 Beer Bottle Crossing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Beer Bottle Crossing 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 Beer Bottle Crossing:
- 44.608500, -116.230970
- 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 Beer Bottle Crossing
- 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 Adams County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Adams County
- Since Beer Bottle Crossing is near Valley County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Valley County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Beer Bottle Crossing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Beer Bottle Crossing ...
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.
- Alpine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Alpine is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Bacon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bacon is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon
- Cascade
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Council
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle Nest
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Eagle Nest is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Nest
- Hoover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hoover is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Indian Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Roseberry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Roseberry is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseberry
How Far From Beer Bottle Crossing 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 Beer Bottle Crossing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Beer Bottle Crossing and extending to:
- Council, which is the Seat of Adams County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Beer Bottle Crossing to Council, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 68 miles [109.4 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,036 miles [3,276.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 4 days, a buggy would take 80 days and walking would take 116 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,857 miles [11,035.3 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 7,625 miles [12,271.2 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Beer Bottle Crossing) 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 Beer Bottle Crossing 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 Beer Bottle Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6085, Longitude: -116.2310 In this case, the coordinates for Beer Bottle Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.701 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.224 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.085 degrees. |
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