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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 Black Pine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Black Pine 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 Black Pine:
- 42.072418, -112.980266
- 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 Black Pine
- 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 Oneida County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oneida County
- Since Black Pine is near Box Elder County and also Cassia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Box Elder County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cassia 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 Black Pine
Curious and Interesting Names Near Black Pine ...
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.
- Bridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bridge is located in Cassia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridge
- Cedar Creek ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Creek is located in Box Elder County (UT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Cedarhill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Cedarhill is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarhill
- Hardup
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hardup is located in Box Elder County (UT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardup
- Juniper
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Juniper is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper
- Nelson ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Nelson is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Roy Summit
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Roy Summit is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy Summit
- Snowville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stone
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Sublett
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Sublett is located in Cassia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublett
How Far From Black Pine 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 Black Pine to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Black Pine and extending to:
- Malad City, which is the Seat of Oneida County, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Black Pine to Malad City, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 194 miles [312.2 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,886 miles [3,035.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 74 days and walking would take 108 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 7,713 miles [12,412.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,709 miles [9,187.7 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Black Pine) 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 Black Pine 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 Black Pine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0724, Longitude: -112.9803 In this case, the coordinates for Black Pine have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.903 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.748 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.309 degrees. |
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