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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 Midasville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Midasville 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 Midasville:
- 45.560186, -115.470126
- 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 Midasville
- 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 Idaho County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Idaho County
- Since Midasville is near Valley County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Valley 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 Midasville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Midasville ...
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.
- Calendar
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Calendar is located in Idaho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calendar
- Cross Trails
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cross Trails is located in Idaho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Trails
- Dixie
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Elk City
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Fourway Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Fourway Junction is located in Idaho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourway Junction
- Gold Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Gold Point is located in Idaho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Point
- Jim Moore Place
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jim Moore Place is located in Idaho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Moore Place
- Lightfoot
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lightfoot is located in Idaho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightfoot
How Far From Midasville 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 Midasville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Midasville and extending to:
- Grangeville, which is the Seat of Idaho County, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Midasville to Grangeville, 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 139 miles [223.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,997 miles [3,213.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 78 days and walking would take 114 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,782 miles [10,914.6 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 7,550 miles [12,150.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,592 miles [8,999.5 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 from Point A (ie- Midasville) 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 Midasville 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 Midasville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.5602, Longitude: -115.4701 In this case, the coordinates for Midasville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.148 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.648 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.527 degrees. |
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