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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 McDonaldville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McDonaldville 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 McDonaldville:
- 43.259915, -112.374979
- 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 McDonaldville
- 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 Bingham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bingham County
- Since McDonaldville is near Bonneville County and also Bannock County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bonneville County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bannock 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 McDonaldville
Curious and Interesting Names Near McDonaldville ...
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.
- Blackfoot
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Firth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Groveland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Groveland is located in Bingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
- Havens
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Havens is located in Bingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havens
- Liberty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in Bingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Mitchell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mitchell is located in Bingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Rising River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rising River is located in Bingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising River
- Rose
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Rose is located in Bingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose
How Far From McDonaldville 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 McDonaldville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in McDonaldville and extending to:
- Blackfoot, which is the Seat of Bingham County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 193 miles [310.6 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from McDonaldville to Boise, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,849 miles [2,975.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 73 days and walking would take 105 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,857 miles [11,035.3 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 7,626 miles [12,272.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,626 miles [9,054.2 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- McDonaldville) 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 McDonaldville 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 McDonaldville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.2599, Longitude: -112.3750 In this case, the coordinates for McDonaldville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.519 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.396 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.846 degrees. |
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