Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Garden Valley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Garden Valley and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Garden Valley
- 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 Garden Valley:
- 44.091954, -115.95443
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Garden Valley
- 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 Boise County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Boise County
- Since Garden Valley is near Valley County and also Gem County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Valley County
- eBird sighting report for Gem 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Garden Valley ...
We found six communities that share the name Garden Valley.
Within Idaho, the name Garden Valley is unique.
Beyond Idaho, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- El Dorado County
- This Garden Valley is located in El Dorado County and lies 441 miles [709.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Garden Valley that is located in Boise County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the El Dorado County community of Garden Valley.
- Yuba County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Garden Valley [Yuba County].
- Georgia
- Macon County
- This Garden Valley is located in Macon County and lies 1,888 miles [3,038.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Garden Valley that is located in Boise County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Garden Valley.
- Ohio
- Cuyahoga County
- This Garden Valley is located in Cuyahoga County and lies 1,735 miles [2,792.2 km]<1> to the east of the Garden Valley that is located in Boise County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cuyahoga County community of Garden Valley.
- Texas
- Childress County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Garden Valley [Childress County].
- Smith County
- This Garden Valley is located in Smith County and lies 1,357 miles [2,183.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Garden Valley that is located in Boise County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smith County community of Garden Valley.
- California
Curious and Interesting Names Near Garden Valley ...
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.
- Big Eddy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Centerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centerville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Centerville is located in Boise County
- Crouch
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Granite
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - High Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Valley
- High Valley is located in Valley County
- Horseshoe Bend
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horseshoe Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe Bend
- Horseshoe Bend is located in Boise County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 822 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Horseshoe Bend <5>
- Pioneerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pioneerville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneerville
- Pioneerville is located in Boise County
- Quartzburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quartzburg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quartzburg
- Quartzburg is located in Boise County
How Far From Garden Valley 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 Garden Valley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Garden Valley and extending to:
- Idaho City, which is the Seat of Boise County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Garden Valley to Idaho City, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Boise City, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 35 miles [56.3 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,025 miles [3,258.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 4 days, a buggy would take 80 days and walking would take 115 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,884 miles [11,078.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,652 miles [12,314.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,688 miles [9,153.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Garden Valley. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Boise County: www.co.boise.id.us/
The official website for State of Idaho: www.state.id.us/
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Garden Valley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Garden Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.0920, Longitude: -115.9544 |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Garden Valley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Garden Valley could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Garden Valley to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.442 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.883 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.955 degrees. |