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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 Dry Forty, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dry Forty 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 Dry Forty:
- 42.451002, -116.413447
- 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 Dry Forty
- 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 Owyhee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- 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 Dry Forty
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dry Forty ...
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.
- Comical Turn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Comical Turn is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comical Turn
- Cottonwood ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Cottonwood is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Dickshooter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dickshooter is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickshooter
- Four Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Four Corners is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Harvey Place
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Harvey Place is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey Place
- Riddle
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Riddle is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddle
- Triangle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Triangle is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle
- Wickahoney ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Wickahoney is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickahoney
- Wickahoney Crossing
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Wickahoney Crossing is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickahoney Crossing
How Far From Dry Forty 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 Dry Forty to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Dry Forty and extending to:
- Murphy, which is the Seat of Owyhee County, lies 53 miles [85.3 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Dry Forty to Murphy, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 80 miles [128.7 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,058 miles [3,312 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,997 miles [11,260.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,765 miles [12,496.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,793 miles [9,322.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Dry Forty) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Dry Forty 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 Dry Forty. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4510, Longitude: -116.4134 In this case, the coordinates for Dry Forty have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.687 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.054 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.352 degrees. |
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