Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Lidyville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lidyville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Lidyville
- 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 Lidyville:
- 46.595445, -116.801267
- 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 Lidyville
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Latah County
- Since Lidyville is near Nez Perce County and also Whitman County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Nez Perce County
- eBird sighting report for Whitman 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
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lidyville ...
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.
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(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Blaine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Cherrylane
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrylane
- Cherrylane is located in Nez Perce County
- Cornwall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Gurney
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest) - Joel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Joseph
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Lenville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Leon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west) - Moscow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moscow have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Moscow is located in Latah County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,128 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moscow <2>
How Far From Lidyville 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 Lidyville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Lidyville once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Lidyville and extending to:
- Moscow, which is the Seat of Latah County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<4> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lidyville to Moscow, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Boise City, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 207 miles [333.1 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 2,061 miles [3,316.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 4 days, a buggy would take 81 days and walking would take 118 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,743 miles [10,851.8 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 7,510 miles [12,086.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,572 miles [8,967.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Latah County: www.latah.id.us/
The official website for State of Idaho: www.state.id.us/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Lidyville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lidyville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lidyville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.5954, Longitude: -116.8013 In this case, the coordinates for Lidyville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Lidyville 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 336.284 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.042 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.267 degrees. |