Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Camas, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Camas and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Camas
- 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 Camas:
- 44.007408, -112.221092
- 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 Camas
- 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Camas is near Clark County and also Fremont County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Clark County
- eBird sighting report for Fremont 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
Communities Also Named Camas ...
We found four communities that share the name Camas.
There is one other community in Idaho which is also named Camas.
Beyond Idaho, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Idaho ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Montana
- Washington
- Clark County
- This Camas is located in Clark County and lies 510 miles [820.8 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Camas that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Camas.
- Stevens County
- This Camas is located in Stevens County and lies 387 miles [622.8 km] to the northwest of the Camas that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stevens County community of Camas.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Camas ...
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.
- Hawgood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Highbridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highbridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbridge
- Highbridge is located in Clark County
- Independence ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Independence is located in Madison County
- Jenkins Will
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jenkins Will have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins Will
- Jenkins Will is located in Fremont County
- Jones Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jones Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossing
- Jones Crossing is located in Clark County
- Level ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest) - Mud Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mud Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Lake
- Mud Lake is located in Jefferson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mud Lake <4>
- Sage Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sage Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage Junction
- Sage Junction is located in Jefferson County
How Far From Camas 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 Camas to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Camas and extending to:
- Rigby, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Camas to Rigby, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Boise City, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 200 miles [321.9 km] to the west (W). 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 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,840 miles [2,961.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 72 days and walking would take 105 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,808 miles [10,956.4 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 7,577 miles [12,194 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,581 miles [8,981.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Camas. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Jefferson County: www.co.jefferson.id.us/
The official website for State of Idaho: https://idaho.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Camas could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Camas) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Camas. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.0074, Longitude: -112.2211 In this case, the coordinates for Camas have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Camas 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 332.451 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.381 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.682 degrees. |