Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Lower Stanley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lower Stanley and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Lower Stanley

• 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 Lower Stanley:
  • 44.226853, -114.928695
  • 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 Lower Stanley

• 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 Custer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Custer County
  • Since Lower Stanley is near Boise County and also Blaine County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Boise County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Blaine 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 Lower Stanley

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lower Stanley ...

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.

• Bonanza ‑ Historic
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Bonanza is located in Custer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
• Cape Horn ‑ Historic
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Cape Horn is located in Custer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cape Horn
• Graham ‑ Historic
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Graham is located in Boise County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
• Grandjean
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Grandjean is located in Custer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandjean
• Obsidian
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Obsidian is located in Custer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obsidian
• Robinson Bar
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Robinson Bar is located in Custer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Bar
• Sawtooth City
  (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Sawtooth City is located in Blaine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawtooth City
• Stanley
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Stanley is located in Custer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stanley <1>
• Sunbeam
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Sunbeam is located in Custer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbeam

How Far From Lower Stanley 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 Lower Stanley to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lower Stanley and extending to:

• Challis, which is the Seat of Custer County, lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lower Stanley to Challis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
• Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 76 miles [122.3 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,973 miles [3,175.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 77 days and walking would take 113 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,854 miles [11,030.4 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 7,623 miles [12,268 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,650 miles [9,092.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'