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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 Olsen, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Olsen 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 Olsen:
- 43.284699, -112.619216
- 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 Olsen
- 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 Bingham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bingham County
- Since Olsen is near Butte County and also Bannock County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butte County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bannock 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 Olsen
Communities Also Named Olsen ...
We found one communities that are also named Olsen.
Within Idaho, the name Olsen is unique.
Beyond Idaho, there is another community also named Olsen in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Utah
- Weber County
- This Olsen is located in Weber County and lies 148 miles [238.2 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Olsen that is located in Bingham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Olsen.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Olsen ...
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.
- Atomic City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Blackfoot
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Coffee Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Grandview
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Grandview is located in Bingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Groveland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Groveland is located in Bingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
- Havens
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Havens is located in Bingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havens
- Liberty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rising River
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Rising River is located in Bingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising River
- Rose
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Rose is located in Bingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose
How Far From Olsen 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 Olsen to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Olsen and extending to:
- Blackfoot, which is the Seat of Bingham County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Olsen to Blackfoot, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 181 miles [291.3 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,861 miles [2,995 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 73 days and walking would take 106 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,861 miles [11,041.7 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 7,630 miles [12,279.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,632 miles [9,063.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Olsen) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Olsen 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 Olsen. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.2847, Longitude: -112.6192 In this case, the coordinates for Olsen have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.714 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.627 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.991 degrees. |
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