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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 Juliaetta, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Juliaetta and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Juliaetta:
    • 46.578548, -116.706047
    • 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 Juliaetta
  • 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 Latah County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Latah County
    • Since Juliaetta is near Nez Perce County and also Clearwater County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Nez Perce County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clearwater 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 Juliaetta

Curious and Interesting Names Near Juliaetta ...

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.

  • Arrow
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Arrow is located in Nez Perce County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrow
  • Big George
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Big George is located in Nez Perce County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big George
  • Blaine
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Blaine is located in Latah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
  • Cherrylane
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Cornwall
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Cornwall is located in Latah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall
  • Eugene
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Eugene is located in Nez Perce County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugene
  • Joel
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Joel is located in Latah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joel
  • Joseph
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Joseph is located in Nez Perce County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joseph
  • Lenville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)

How Far From Juliaetta 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 city such as Juliaetta to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Juliaetta and extending to:

  • Moscow, which is the Seat of Latah County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Juliaetta to Moscow, with an average speed<2> 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 five to six hours.
  • Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 206 miles [331.5 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,057 miles [3,310.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 4 days, a buggy would take 81 days and walking would take 117 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,742 miles [10,850.2 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 7,510 miles [12,086.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,570 miles [8,964 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Juliaetta) 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 Juliaetta 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 Juliaetta. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.5785, Longitude: -116.7060    
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.206 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.95 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.208 degrees.