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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 Homedale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Homedale 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 Homedale:
- 43.617848, -116.936410
- 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 Homedale
- 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 Owyhee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Owyhee County
- Since Homedale is near Canyon County and also Malheur County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Canyon County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Malheur 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 Homedale
Communities Also Named Homedale ...
We found one communities that are also named Homedale.
Within Idaho, the name Homedale is unique.
Beyond Idaho, there is another community also named Homedale in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ohio
- Franklin 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 Ohio community of Homedale [Franklin County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Homedale ...
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.
- Apple Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Apple Valley is located in Canyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Valley
- Bugtown ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bugtown is located in Canyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bugtown
- Central Cove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Central Cove is located in Canyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Cove
- Givens Hot Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Givens Hot Springs is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Givens Hot Springs
- Greenleaf
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Ford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Ford is located in Malheur County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
- Rookstool Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rookstool Corner is located in Canyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rookstool Corner
- Sand Hollow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Hollow is located in Canyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hollow
- Sunnyslope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sunnyslope is located in Canyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyslope
How Far From Homedale 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 city such as Homedale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Homedale and extending to:
- Murphy, which is the Seat of Owyhee County, lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<3> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Homedale to Murphy, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 36 miles [57.9 km] to the east (E). 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 over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,076 miles [3,341 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 81 days and walking would take 118 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,934 miles [11,159.2 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 7,702 miles [12,395.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,743 miles [9,242.5 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 Homedale 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Homedale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Homedale 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 Homedale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6178, Longitude: -116.9364 In this case, the coordinates for Homedale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.203 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.741 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.597 degrees. |
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