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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 East Hope, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Hope 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 East Hope:
- 48.241160, -116.291400
- 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 East Hope
- 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 Bonner County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bonner County
- Since East Hope is near Sanders County and also Boundary County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sanders County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boundary 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 East Hope
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Hope ...
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.
- Blacktail
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blacktail is located in Bonner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacktail
- Cabinet ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cabinet is located in Bonner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabinet
- Dover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Evans Landing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Evans Landing is located in Bonner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Landing
- Granite
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Granite is located in Bonner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
- Hope
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lignite
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lignite is located in Bonner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lignite
- Sandpoint
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sunnyside
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sunnyside is located in Bonner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Trestle Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Trestle Creek is located in Bonner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trestle Creek
How Far From East Hope 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 city such as East Hope to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in East Hope and extending to:
- Sandpoint, which is the Seat of Bonner County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from East Hope to Sandpoint, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 319 miles [513.4 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,041 miles [3,284.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 4 days, a buggy would take 80 days and walking would take 116 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,630 miles [10,670 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 7,396 miles [11,902.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,466 miles [8,796.7 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 'straight-line' (or 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- East Hope) 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 East Hope 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 East Hope. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.2412, Longitude: -116.2914 In this case, the coordinates for East Hope have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.95 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.773 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.77 degrees. |
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