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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 Lidy Hot Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lidy Hot Springs 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 Lidy Hot Springs:
- 44.126296, -112.549713
- 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 Lidy Hot Springs
- 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 Clark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clark County
- Since Lidy Hot Springs is near Jefferson County and also Lemhi County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lemhi 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 Lidy Hot Springs
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lidy Hot Springs ...
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.
- Hawgood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hawgood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawgood
- Highbridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Highbridge is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbridge
- Jones Crossing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Jones Crossing is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossing
- Level ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Level is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level
- Lone Pine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Lone Pine is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Mud Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Sage Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sage Junction is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage Junction
- Sweet Sage ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sweet Sage is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Sage
How Far From Lidy Hot Springs 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 Lidy Hot Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lidy Hot Springs and extending to:
- Dubois, which is the Seat of Clark County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Lidy Hot Springs to Dubois, with an average speed<3> 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 185 miles [297.7 km] to the west (W). 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 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,856 miles [2,986.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 73 days and walking would take 106 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,808 miles [10,956.4 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 7,577 miles [12,194 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,584 miles [8,986.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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- Lidy Hot Springs) 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 Lidy Hot Springs 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 Lidy Hot Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.1263, Longitude: -112.5497 In this case, the coordinates for Lidy Hot Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.72 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.704 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.869 degrees. |
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