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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 Gay, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gay 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 Gay:
- 43.048250, -112.118302
- 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 Gay
- 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 Bingham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bingham County
- Since Gay is near Caribou County and also Bannock County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caribou County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bannock 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 Gay
Communities Also Named Gay ...
We found nine communities that are also named Gay.
Within Idaho, the name Gay is unique.
Beyond Idaho, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Randolph County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Gay [Randolph County].
- Florida
- Hernando County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Gay [Hernando County].
- Georgia
- Meriwether County
- This Gay is located in Meriwether County and lies 1,637 miles [2,634.5 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Gay that is located in Bingham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meriwether County community of Gay.
- Montgomery County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Gay [Montgomery County].
- Michigan
- Keweenaw County
- This Gay is located in Keweenaw County and lies 1,196 miles [1,924.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Gay that is located in Bingham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Keweenaw County community of Gay.
- North Carolina
- Jackson County
- This Gay is located in Jackson County and lies 1,624 miles [2,613.6 km]<2> to the east of the Gay that is located in Bingham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Gay.
- Oklahoma
- Choctaw County
- This Gay is located in Choctaw County and lies 1,087 miles [1,749.4 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Gay that is located in Bingham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Choctaw County community of Gay.
- West Virginia
- Jackson County
- This Gay is located in Jackson County and lies 1,612 miles [2,594.3 km]<2> to the east of the Gay that is located in Bingham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Gay.
- Logan County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Gay [Logan County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gay ...
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.
- Blackfoot
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chubbuck
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Firth
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Five Points ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Five Points is located in Caribou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Four Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Four Corners is located in Bingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Groveland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Groveland is located in Bingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
- Hatch
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hatch is located in Caribou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatch
- Pebble
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Pebble is located in Caribou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble
- Rising River
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rising River is located in Bingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising River
- Rose
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rose is located in Bingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose
- Wolverine
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Wolverine is located in Bingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolverine
How Far From Gay 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 Gay to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Gay and extending to:
- Blackfoot, which is the Seat of Bingham County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Gay to Blackfoot, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 208 miles [334.7 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,837 miles [2,956.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 72 days and walking would take 105 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,864 miles [11,046.5 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 7,633 miles [12,284.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,629 miles [9,059 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Gay 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Gay) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Gay 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 Gay. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0483, Longitude: -112.1183 In this case, the coordinates for Gay have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.30 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.122 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.712 degrees. |
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