Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Jensen, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jensen and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Jensen
- 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 Jensen:
- 43.742690, -111.747186
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Jensen
- 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 Madison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Madison County
- Since Jensen is near Jefferson County and also Bonneville County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- eBird sighting report for Bonneville 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Jensen ...
We found four communities that share the name Jensen.
Within Idaho, the name Jensen is unique.
Beyond Idaho, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Utah
- Davis County
- This Jensen is located in Davis County and lies 196 miles [315.4 km]<2> to the south of the Jensen that is located in Madison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Jensen.
- Sevier County
- This Jensen is located in Sevier County and lies 347 miles [558.4 km] to the south of the Jensen that is located in Madison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sevier County community of Jensen.
- Uintah County
- This Jensen is located in Uintah County and lies 263 miles [423.3 km] to the south southeast of the Jensen that is located in Madison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Uintah County community of Jensen.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jensen ...
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.
- Annis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annis
- Annis is located in Jefferson County
- Archer
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
- Archer is located in Madison County
- Gale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Hart
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north) - Heise
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Herbert
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Independence ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Independence is located in Madison County
- Jolley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Mark
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Moody
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Poplar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Sugar City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar City
- Sugar City is located in Madison County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,510 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sugar City <4>
- Woods Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woods Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Crossing
- Woods Crossing is located in Madison County
How Far From Jensen 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 Jensen to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Jensen and extending to:
- Rexburg, which is the Seat of Madison County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Boise City, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 222 miles [357.3 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Jensen to Boise City, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,817 miles [2,924.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 71 days and walking would take 104 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,813 miles [10,964.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,582 miles [12,202 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,580 miles [8,980.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Jensen. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Madison County: www.co.madison.id.us/
The official website for State of Idaho: www.state.id.us/
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Jensen 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Jensen) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Jensen. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.7427, Longitude: -111.7472 In this case, the coordinates for Jensen have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Jensen to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.058 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.899 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.423 degrees. |