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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 Cardwell, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cardwell and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Cardwell:
    • 47.209074, -116.563498
    • 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 Cardwell
  • 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 Benewah County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Benewah County
    • Since Cardwell is near Shoshone County and also Kootenai County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Shoshone County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kootenai 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 Cardwell

Communities Also Named Cardwell ...

We found seven communities that are also named Cardwell.

Within Idaho, the name Cardwell is unique.

Beyond Idaho, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Fresno County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Cardwell [Fresno County].
    • Florida
      • Palm Beach County
      • This Cardwell is located in Palm Beach County and lies 2,398 miles [3,859.2 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Cardwell that is located in Benewah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Palm Beach County community of Cardwell.
    • Kentucky
      • Washington County
      • This Cardwell is located in Washington County and lies 1,716 miles [2,761.6 km]<2> to the east of the Cardwell that is located in Benewah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Cardwell.
    • Missouri
      • Dunklin County
      • This Cardwell is located in Dunklin County and lies 1,548 miles [2,491.3 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Cardwell that is located in Benewah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dunklin County community of Cardwell.
    • Montana
      • Jefferson County
      • This Cardwell is located in Jefferson County and lies 237 miles [381.4 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Cardwell that is located in Benewah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Cardwell.
    • Ontario
      • This Cardwell lies 1,759 miles [2,830.8 km]<2> to the east of the Cardwell that is located in Benewah County.
    • Virginia
      • Goochland County
      • This Cardwell is located in Goochland County and lies 2,058 miles [3,312 km]<2> to the east of the Cardwell that is located in Benewah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Goochland County community of Cardwell.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cardwell ...

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.

  • Emerald Creek
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Emerald Creek is located in Shoshone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Creek
  • Flat Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Flat Creek is located in Benewah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
  • Lotus
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Lotus is located in Benewah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lotus
  • Mashburn
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Mashburn is located in Benewah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mashburn
  • Milltown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Milltown is located in Benewah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
  • Pedee
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Pedee is located in Benewah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pedee
  • Rocky Point
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Rocky Point is located in Benewah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
  • Rover
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Rover is located in Benewah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rover
  • Silvertip Landing
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Silvertip Landing is located in Benewah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvertip Landing

How Far From Cardwell 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 Cardwell to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cardwell and extending to:

  • Saint Maries, which is the Seat of Benewah County, lies just to the North.
  • Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 248 miles [399.1 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Cardwell to Boise, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,051 miles [3,300.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 4 days, a buggy would take 81 days and walking would take 117 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,700 miles [10,782.6 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 7,467 miles [12,017 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,531 miles [8,901.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Cardwell 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Cardwell) 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 Cardwell 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 Cardwell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.2091, Longitude: -116.5635       In this case, the coordinates for Cardwell have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.123 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.899 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.055 degrees.