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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 Golden, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Golden 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 Golden:
- 45.789069, -115.653744
- 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 Golden
- 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
- 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 Golden
Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Golden ...
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
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Calendar is located in Idaho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calendar
- Clearwater
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Clearwater is located in Idaho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
- Dixie
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Elk City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Gold Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Gold Point is located in Idaho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Point
- Golden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Golden is located in Idaho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
- Lightfoot
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lightfoot is located in Idaho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightfoot
- Midasville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Midasville is located in Idaho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midasville
- Mud Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mud Springs is located in Idaho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Springs
How Far From Old Golden 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 community such as Old Golden to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Old Golden and extending to:
- Grangeville, which is the Seat of Idaho County, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Old Golden to Grangeville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days 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 152 miles [244.6 km] to the south (S). 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 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,006 miles [3,228.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 79 days and walking would take 114 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,771 miles [10,896.9 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 7,539 miles [12,132.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,585 miles [8,988.2 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' (or 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- Old Golden) 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 Old Golden 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 Golden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.7891, Longitude: -115.6537 In this case, the coordinates for Old Golden have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.31 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.853 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.62 degrees. |
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