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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 Old Fort, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Fort 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 Old Fort:
- 44.811559, -116.157629
- 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 Old Fort
- 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 Valley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Valley County
- Since Old Fort is near Adams County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Adams County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Old Fort
Communities Also Named Old Fort ...
We found six communities that are also named Old Fort.
Within Idaho, the name Old Fort is unique.
Beyond Idaho, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, four are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- This Old Fort lies 836 miles [1,345.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Old Fort that is located in Valley County.
- North Carolina
- McDowell County
- This Old Fort is located in McDowell County and lies 1,884 miles [3,032 km]<1> to the east of the Old Fort that is located in Valley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McDowell County community of Old Fort.
- Ohio
- Seneca County
- This Old Fort is located in Seneca County and lies 1,672 miles [2,690.8 km]<1> to the east of the Old Fort that is located in Valley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Seneca County community of Old Fort.
- Ontario
- 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 Ontario community of Old Fort.
- Pennsylvania
- Centre County
- This Old Fort is located in Centre County and lies 1,949 miles [3,136.6 km]<1> to the east of the Old Fort that is located in Valley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Centre County community of Old Fort.
- Wisconsin
- Ashland County
- This Old Fort is located in Ashland County and lies 1,223 miles [1,968.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Old Fort that is located in Valley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashland County community of Old Fort.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Fort ...
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.
- Beer Bottle Crossing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Council
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Fruitvale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hoover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hoover is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Lake Fork
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Meadows
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Meadows is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Pine Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Ridge is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Roseberry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Roseberry is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseberry
- Rubicon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rubicon is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubicon
How Far From Old Fort 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 Old Fort to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Old Fort and extending to:
- Cascade, which is the Seat of Valley County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Old Fort to Cascade, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 82 miles [132 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,032 miles [3,270.2 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 6,843 miles [11,012.7 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 7,611 miles [12,248.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,654 miles [9,099.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Old Fort) 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 Old Fort 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 Old Fort 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 Old Fort. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.8116, Longitude: -116.1576 In this case, the coordinates for Old Fort have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.655 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.185 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.022 degrees. |
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