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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 Frost Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Frost 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 Frost Place:
- 42.192401, -115.940929
- 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 Frost 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 Owyhee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Owyhee County
- Since Frost Place is near Elko County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Elko 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 Frost Place
Curious and Interesting Names Near Frost 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.
- China Hat
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- China Hat is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Hat
- Dans Place
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dans Place is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dans Place
- Dew Drop Place
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Dew Drop Place is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dew Drop Place
- Dickens Place
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dickens Place is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickens Place
- James Place
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- James Place is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Place
- Riddle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Riddle is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddle
- Three Forks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Three Forks is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks
- Wickahoney ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Wickahoney is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickahoney
How Far From Frost 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 Frost Place to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Frost Place and extending to:
- Murphy, which is the Seat of Owyhee County, lies 77 miles [123.9 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could drive a straight line from Frost Place to Murphy, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 99 miles [159.3 km] to the north (N). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,036 miles [3,276.6 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,003 miles [11,270.2 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 7,772 miles [12,507.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,794 miles [9,324.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Frost Place) 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 Frost 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 Frost Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1924, Longitude: -115.9409 In this case, the coordinates for Frost Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.283 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.56 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.081 degrees. |
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