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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 McArthur, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McArthur 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 McArthur:
- 48.523543, -116.433528
- 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 McArthur
- 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 Boundary County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boundary County
- Since McArthur is near Bonner County and also Lincoln County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bonner County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln 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 McArthur
Communities Also Named McArthur ...
We found seven communities that are also named McArthur.
Within Idaho, the name McArthur is unique.
Beyond Idaho, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Desha County
- This McArthur is located in Desha County and lies 1,646 miles [2,649 km]<1> to the east southeast of the McArthur that is located in Boundary County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Desha County community of McArthur.
- California
- Modoc County
- This McArthur is located in Modoc County and lies 535 miles [861 km]<1> to the south southwest of the McArthur that is located in Boundary County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Modoc County community of McArthur.
- Shasta County
- This McArthur is located in Shasta County and lies 570 miles [917.3 km] to the south southwest of the McArthur that is located in Boundary County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shasta County community of McArthur.
- Georgia
- Montgomery County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of McArthur [Montgomery County].
- Manitoba
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- North Dakota
- Pembina County
- This McArthur is located in Pembina County and lies 873 miles [1,405 km]<1> to the east of the McArthur that is located in Boundary County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pembina County community of McArthur.
- Ohio
- Vinton County
- This McArthur is located in Vinton County and lies 1,789 miles [2,879.1 km]<1> to the east of the McArthur that is located in Boundary County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vinton County community of McArthur.
Curious and Interesting Names Near McArthur ...
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.
- Boulder City ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Boulder City is located in Boundary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder City
- Burns
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Burns is located in Boundary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
- Crossport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Crossport is located in Boundary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossport
- Deep Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Deep Creek is located in Boundary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
- Naples
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sandpoint
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Sunnyside
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Sunnyside is located in Bonner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Threemile Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Threemile Corner is located in Boundary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threemile Corner
- Trestle Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Trestle Creek is located in Bonner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trestle Creek
How Far From McArthur 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 McArthur to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in McArthur and extending to:
- Bonners Ferry, which is the Seat of Boundary County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from McArthur to Bonners Ferry, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 339 miles [545.6 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,049 miles [3,297.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 4 days, a buggy would take 80 days and walking would take 117 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,614 miles [10,644.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,381 miles [11,878.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,454 miles [8,777.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- McArthur) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 McArthur 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 McArthur 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 McArthur. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.5235, Longitude: -116.4335 In this case, the coordinates for McArthur have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.078 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.94 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.829 degrees. |
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