Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Featherville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Featherville and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Featherville

• 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 Featherville:
  • 43.609897, -115.258138
  • 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 Featherville

• 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 Featherville is near Boise County and also Camas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Boise County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Camas 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 Featherville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Featherville ...

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.

• Castle Rocks
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Castle Rocks is located in Elmore County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Rocks
• Dixie
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Dixie is located in Elmore County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
• Hill City
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Hill City is located in Camas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hill City <1>
• Indian Head Rock
  (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Indian Head Rock is located in Camas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Head Rock
• Paradise Hot Springs
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Paradise Hot Springs is located in Elmore County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hot Springs
• Prairie
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Prairie is located in Elmore County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie
• Reclamation Village
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Reclamation Village is located in Elmore County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reclamation Village
• Rocky Bar ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Rocky Bar is located in Elmore County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Bar
• Spanish Town ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Spanish Town is located in Elmore County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Town
• Steamboat Rock
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Steamboat Rock is located in Elmore County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamboat Rock
• Twin Springs
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Twin Springs is located in Boise County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Springs

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Featherville and extending to:

• Mountain Home, which is the Seat of Elmore County, lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Featherville to Mountain Home, 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 47 miles [75.6 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,992 miles [3,205.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 78 days and walking would take 114 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,900 miles [11,104.5 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 7,668 miles [12,340.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,694 miles [9,163.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'