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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 Gardena, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gardena 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 Gardena:
- 43.975724, -116.190959
- 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 Gardena
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boise County
- Since Gardena is near Gem County and also Valley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gem County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Valley 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 Gardena
Communities Also Named Gardena ...
We found five communities that are also named Gardena.
Within Idaho, the name Gardena is unique.
Beyond Idaho, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Los Angeles County
- This Gardena is located in Los Angeles County and lies 705 miles [1,134.6 km]<1> to the south of the Gardena that is located in Boise County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Gardena.
- Florida
- Seminole County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Gardena [Seminole County].
- Illinois
- Tazewell County
- This Gardena is located in Tazewell County and lies 1,375 miles [2,212.8 km]<1> to the east of the Gardena that is located in Boise County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tazewell County community of Gardena.
- North Dakota
- Bottineau County
- This Gardena is located in Bottineau County and lies 814 miles [1,310 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Gardena that is located in Boise County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bottineau County community of Gardena.
- Washington
- Walla Walla County
- This Gardena is located in Walla Walla County and lies 186 miles [299.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Gardena that is located in Boise County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walla Walla County community of Gardena.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gardena ...
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.
- Centerville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Centerville is located in Boise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Crouch
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Crouch is located in Boise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crouch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
- Garden Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Granite
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Granite is located in Boise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
- Horseshoe Bend
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Marsh ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Marsh is located in Gem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh
- Pearl
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pearl is located in Gem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Quartzburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Quartzburg is located in Boise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quartzburg
- Sweet
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
How Far From Gardena to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Gardena to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Gardena and extending to:
- Idaho City, which is the Seat of Boise County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Gardena to Idaho City, with an average speed<4> 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 most of a day.
- Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 25 miles [40.2 km] to the south (S). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,037 miles [3,278.2 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 4 days, a buggy would take 80 days and walking would take 116 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,896 miles [11,098 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,664 miles [12,334 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,701 miles [9,174.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gardena) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Gardena 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Gardena 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 Gardena. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9757, Longitude: -116.1910 In this case, the coordinates for Gardena have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.625 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.089 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.11 degrees. |
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