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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 Williamsburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Williamsburg 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 Williamsburg:
- 42.942698, -111.340498
- 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 Williamsburg
- 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 Caribou County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caribou County
- Since Old Williamsburg is near Bonneville County and also Lincoln County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bonneville County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln 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 Williamsburg
Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Williamsburg ...
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.
- Alpine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Caribou City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Caribou City is located in Bonneville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caribou City
- Four Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Four Corners is located in Bingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Freedom
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Freedom is located in Caribou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Gray
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Gray is located in Bonneville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
- Grover
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Henry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Henry is located in Caribou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Herman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Herman is located in Bonneville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herman
- Meadowville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Meadowville is located in Caribou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowville
- Soda Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Old Williamsburg 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 Williamsburg to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Old Williamsburg once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Old Williamsburg and extending to:
- Soda Springs, which is the Seat of Caribou County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<3> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Old Williamsburg to Soda Springs, with an average speed<4> 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 248 miles [399.1 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,798 miles [2,893.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 71 days and walking would take 103 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,852 miles [11,027.2 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 7,621 miles [12,264.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,611 miles [9,030 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Old Williamsburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Old Williamsburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Williamsburg 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 Williamsburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9427, Longitude: -111.3405 In this case, the coordinates for Old Williamsburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.679 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.386 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.259 degrees. |
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