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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 Good Grief, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Good Grief 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 Good Grief:
- 48.949395, -116.177421
- 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 Good Grief
- 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 Boundary County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boundary County
- Since Good Grief is near Lincoln County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln 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 Good Grief
Curious and Interesting Names Near Good Grief ...
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.
- Canyon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon
- Crossport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Crossport is located in Boundary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossport
- Eileen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Eileen is located in Boundary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eileen
- Goatfell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goatfell
- Kingsgate
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lister
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lister
- Meadow Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Meadow Creek is located in Boundary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Creek
- Threemile Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Threemile Corner is located in Boundary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threemile Corner
How Far From Good Grief 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 Good Grief to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Good Grief and extending to:
- Bonners Ferry, which is the Seat of Boundary County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Good Grief to Bonners Ferry, with an average speed<2> 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, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 368 miles [592.2 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,040 miles [3,283.1 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 6,583 miles [10,594.3 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 7,349 miles [11,827.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,423 miles [8,727.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (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- Good Grief) 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 Good Grief 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 Good Grief. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.9494, Longitude: -116.1774 In this case, the coordinates for Good Grief have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.887 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.751 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.614 degrees. |
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