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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 Mohler, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mohler 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 Mohler:
    • 46.289614, -116.346254
    • 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 Mohler
  • 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 Lewis County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis County
    • Since Mohler is near Idaho County and also Nez Perce County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Idaho County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Nez Perce 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 Mohler

Communities Also Named Mohler ...

We found four communities that are also named Mohler.

Within Idaho, the name Mohler is unique.

Beyond Idaho, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Nebraska
      • Morrill County
      • This Mohler is located in Morrill County and lies 722 miles [1,161.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Mohler that is located in Lewis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morrill County community of Mohler.
    • Oregon
      • Tillamook County
      • This Mohler is located in Tillamook County and lies 362 miles [582.6 km]<1> to the west of the Mohler that is located in Lewis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tillamook County community of Mohler.
    • Washington
      • Lincoln County
      • This Mohler is located in Lincoln County and lies 121 miles [194.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Mohler that is located in Lewis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Mohler.
    • West Virginia
      • Summers 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 West Virginia community of Mohler [Summers County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mohler ...

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.

  • Clicks
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Clicks is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clicks
  • Craig Junction
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Craig Junction is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Junction
  • German Settlement
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • German Settlement is located in Nez Perce County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Settlement
  • Greencreek
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Greencreek is located in Idaho County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greencreek
  • Howard
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Howard is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
  • Pardee
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Pardee is located in Idaho County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardee
  • Pardee Corner
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Pardee Corner is located in Idaho County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardee Corner
  • Peck
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Peck is located in Nez Perce County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peck <3>
  • Tramway
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Tramway is located in Idaho County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tramway
  • Woodside ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Woodside is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside

How Far From Mohler to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Mohler to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mohler and extending to:

  • Nezperce, which is the Seat of Lewis County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 184 miles [296.1 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Mohler to Boise, with an average speed<4>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 2,039 miles [3,281.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 4 days, a buggy would take 80 days and walking would take 116 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,754 miles [10,869.5 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 7,521 miles [12,103.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,576 miles [8,973.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mohler) 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 Mohler 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 Mohler 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 Mohler. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.2896, Longitude: -116.3463       In this case, the coordinates for Mohler have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.898 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.573 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.008 degrees.