Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Mountain Home, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mountain Home and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Mountain Home
- 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 Mountain Home:
- 43.135833, -115.696420
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Mountain Home
- 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 Elmore County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Elmore County
- Since Mountain Home is near Owyhee County and also Ada County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Owyhee County
- eBird sighting report for Ada 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Mountain Home ...
We found twelve communities that share the name Mountain Home.
There is one other community in Idaho which is also named Mountain Home.
Beyond Idaho, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Idaho ...
- Latah County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Mountain Home [Latah County].
- Latah County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Lawrence County
- This Mountain Home is located in Lawrence County and lies 1,629 miles [2,621.6 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Mountain Home that is located in Elmore County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Mountain Home.
- Arkansas
- Baxter County
- This Mountain Home is located in Baxter County and lies 1,318 miles [2,121.1 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Mountain Home that is located in Elmore County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baxter County community of Mountain Home.
- White County
- This Mountain Home is located in White County and lies 1,378 miles [2,217.7 km] to the east southeast of the Mountain Home that is located in Elmore County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the White County community of Mountain Home.
- California
- Santa Clara County
- This Mountain Home is located in Santa Clara County and lies 525 miles [844.9 km]<2> to the southwest of the Mountain Home that is located in Elmore County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Clara County community of Mountain Home.
- Tulare County
- This Mountain Home is located in Tulare County and lies 502 miles [807.9 km] to the south southwest of the Mountain Home that is located in Elmore County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tulare County community of Mountain Home.
- North Carolina
- Henderson County
- This Mountain Home is located in Henderson County and lies 1,840 miles [2,961.2 km]<2> to the east of the Mountain Home that is located in Elmore County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Mountain Home.
- McDowell County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Mountain Home [McDowell County].
- Tennessee
- Washington County
- This Mountain Home is located in Washington County and lies 1,818 miles [2,925.8 km]<2> to the east of the Mountain Home that is located in Elmore County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Mountain Home.
- Texas
- Kerr County
- This Mountain Home is located in Kerr County and lies 1,267 miles [2,039 km]<2> to the southeast of the Mountain Home that is located in Elmore County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kerr County community of Mountain Home.
- Utah
- Duchesne County
- This Mountain Home is located in Duchesne County and lies 332 miles [534.3 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Mountain Home that is located in Elmore County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Duchesne County community of Mountain Home.
- Wyoming
- Albany County
- This Mountain Home is located in Albany County and lies 509 miles [819.2 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Mountain Home that is located in Elmore County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albany County community of Mountain Home.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mountain Home ...
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.
- Chalk Cut
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast) - Dixie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Dixie is located in Elmore County
- Emigrant Crossing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Emigrant Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emigrant Crossing
- Emigrant Crossing is located in Elmore County
- Grand View
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View
- Grand View is located in Owyhee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 478 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand View <4>
- Orchard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest) - Reclamation Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reclamation Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reclamation Village
- Reclamation Village is located in Elmore County
- Reverse
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Steamboat Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Steamboat Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamboat Rock
- Steamboat Rock is located in Elmore County
- Stout Crossing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stout Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout Crossing
- Stout Crossing is located in Elmore County
- Three Island Crossing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Three Island Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Island Crossing
- Three Island Crossing is located in Elmore County
How Far From Mountain Home 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 city such as Mountain Home to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mountain Home and extending to:
- Boise City, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 41 miles [66 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Mountain Home to Boise City, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full 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.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,017 miles [3,246 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 4 days, a buggy would take 79 days and walking would take 115 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,939 miles [11,167.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,707 miles [12,403.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,734 miles [9,228 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Mountain Home: www.ci.mountain-home.id.us/
The official website for Elmore County: www.elmorecounty.org/
The official website for State of Idaho: www.state.id.us/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Mountain Home, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Mountain Home) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mountain Home. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1358, Longitude: -115.6964 In this case, the coordinates for Mountain Home have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Mountain Home to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.163 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.486 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.868 degrees. |