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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 Grouse, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grouse 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 Grouse:
- 43.688235, -113.612523
- 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 Grouse
- 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 Custer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Custer County
- Since Grouse is near Butte County and also Blaine County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butte County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Blaine 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 Grouse
Communities Also Named Grouse ...
We found three communities that are also named Grouse.
Within Idaho, the name Grouse is unique.
Beyond Idaho, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Kane 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 Illinois community of Grouse [Kane County].
- Oregon
- Wallowa County
- This Grouse is located in Wallowa County and lies 245 miles [394.3 km]<2> to the northwest of the Grouse that is located in Custer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wallowa County community of Grouse.
- Washington
- Asotin County
- This Grouse is located in Asotin County and lies 245 miles [394.3 km]<2> to the northwest of the Grouse that is located in Custer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Asotin County community of Grouse.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Grouse ...
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.
- Antelope ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Antelope is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antelope
- Chilly
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chilly is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilly
- Cliff ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cliff is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff
- Era
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Era is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Era
- Leslie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Leslie is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
- Lost River
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lost River is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost River
- Population from the 2010 Census: 68 people
- Martin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Martin is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
How Far From Grouse 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 Grouse to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Grouse and extending to:
- Challis, which is the Seat of Custer County, lies 64 miles [103 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Grouse to Challis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 129 miles [207.6 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,910 miles [3,073.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 75 days and walking would take 109 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,859 miles [11,038.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,628 miles [12,276.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,640 miles [9,076.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 Grouse 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- Grouse) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Grouse 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 Grouse. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6882, Longitude: -113.6125 In this case, the coordinates for Grouse have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 333.534 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 333.619 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.554 degrees. |
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