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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 Mullan, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mullan 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 Mullan:
- 47.468802, -115.796300
- 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 Mullan
- 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 Shoshone County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shoshone County
- Since Mullan is near Mineral County and also Sanders County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mineral County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sanders 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 Mullan
Communities Also Named Mullan ...
We found one communities that are also named Mullan.
Within Idaho, the name Mullan is unique.
Beyond Idaho, there is another community also named Mullan in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Allegany County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Mullan [Allegany County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mullan ...
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.
- Black Bear
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Black Bear is located in Shoshone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bear
- Blackcloud
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Blackcloud is located in Shoshone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackcloud
- Borax ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Borax is located in Shoshone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borax
- Bunn
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bunn is located in Shoshone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunn
- Carbonate ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Carbonate is located in Shoshone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbonate
- Cornwall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cornwall is located in Shoshone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall
- Gem
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gem is located in Shoshone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem
- Mace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mace is located in Shoshone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mace
- Pottsville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pottsville is located in Shoshone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
- Sunset ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sunset is located in Shoshone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Woodland Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Woodland Park is located in Shoshone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
How Far From Mullan to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Mullan to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mullan and extending to:
- Wallace, which is the Seat of Shoshone County, lies just to the West.
- Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 266 miles [428.1 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Mullan to Boise, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,015 miles [3,242.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 79 days and walking would take 115 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,669 miles [10,732.7 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 7,436 miles [11,967.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,495 miles [8,843.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mullan 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. |
| <2> | 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- Mullan) 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 Mullan 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 Mullan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.4688, Longitude: -115.7963 In this case, the coordinates for Mullan have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.515 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.214 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.539 degrees. |
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