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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 Cleft, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cleft 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 Cleft:
- 43.239337, -115.850650
- 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 Cleft
- 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 Elmore County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Elmore County
- Since Cleft is near Ada County and also Owyhee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ada County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Owyhee 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 Cleft
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cleft ...
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.
- Dixie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Dixie is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Grand View
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Home
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Neal ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Neal is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal
- Orchard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Orchard is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard
- Reclamation Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Reclamation Village is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reclamation Village
- Reverse
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Reverse is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reverse
- Steamboat Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Steamboat Rock is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamboat Rock
How Far From Cleft 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 Cleft to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cleft and extending to:
- Mountain Home, which is the Seat of Elmore County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cleft to Mountain Home, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 31 miles [49.9 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,024 miles [3,257.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 4 days, a buggy would take 79 days and walking would take 115 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,935 miles [11,160.8 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 7,704 miles [12,398.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,732 miles [9,224.8 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- Cleft) 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 Cleft 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 Cleft. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.2393, Longitude: -115.8507 In this case, the coordinates for Cleft have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.295 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.649 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.955 degrees. |
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