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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 Duncan Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Duncan Place 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 Duncan Place:
- 42.035465, -114.809765
- 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 Duncan Place
- 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 Twin Falls County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Twin Falls County
- Since Duncan Place is near Elko County and also Owyhee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Elko 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 Duncan Place
Curious and Interesting Names Near Duncan Place ...
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.
- Greys Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Greys Landing is located in Twin Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greys Landing
- Hand Place
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hand Place is located in Twin Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hand Place
- Indian Jim Place
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Jim Place is located in Twin Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Jim Place
- Jackpot
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- May Place
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- May Place is located in Twin Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Place
- Meteor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Meteor is located in Twin Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meteor
- Player Place
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Player Place is located in Twin Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Player Place
- Riverside Park ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside Park is located in Elko County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Park
- Rock House Place
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rock House Place is located in Twin Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock House Place
How Far From Duncan Place 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 Duncan Place to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Duncan Place and extending to:
- Twin Falls, which is the Seat of Twin Falls County, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Duncan Place to Twin Falls, 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 129 miles [207.6 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,979 miles [3,184.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 78 days and walking would take 113 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,988 miles [11,246.1 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 7,757 miles [12,483.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,768 miles [9,282.7 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- Duncan Place) 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 Duncan Place 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 Duncan Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0355, Longitude: -114.8098 In this case, the coordinates for Duncan Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 334.359 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 334.459 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.407 degrees. |
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