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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 Osburn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Osburn 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 Osburn:
- 47.505895, -115.999584
- 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 Osburn
- 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 Osburn is near Mineral County and also Kootenai 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 Kootenai 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 Osburn
Communities Also Named Osburn ...
We found three communities that are also named Osburn.
Within Idaho, the name Osburn is unique.
Beyond Idaho, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Louisiana
- Rapides Parish
- This Osburn is located in Rapides Parish and lies 1,680 miles [2,703.7 km]<1> to the southeast of the Osburn that is located in Shoshone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rapides Parish community of Osburn.
- Nebraska
- Frontier County
- 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 Nebraska community of Osburn [Frontier County].
- Pennsylvania
- Westmoreland County
- This Osburn is located in Westmoreland County and lies 1,870 miles [3,009.5 km]<1> to the east of the Osburn that is located in Shoshone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Osburn.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Osburn ...
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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Black Bear is located in Shoshone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bear
- Blackcloud
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Blackcloud is located in Shoshone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackcloud
- Bunn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bunn is located in Shoshone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunn
- Carbon Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cornwall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cornwall is located in Shoshone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall
- Delta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Elizabeth Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Elizabeth Park is located in Shoshone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth Park
- Elk Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Elk Creek is located in Shoshone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Creek
- Gem
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Gem is located in Shoshone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem
- Kellogg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Smelter Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Smelter Heights is located in Shoshone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smelter Heights
- Woodland Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
How Far From Osburn 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 Osburn to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Osburn and extending to:
- Wallace, which is the Seat of Shoshone County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 268 miles [431.3 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Osburn to Boise, with an average speed<4>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 2,025 miles [3,258.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 4 days, a buggy would take 80 days and walking would take 115 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,670 miles [10,734.3 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 7,438 miles [11,970.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,499 miles [8,849.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Osburn) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Osburn 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 Osburn 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 Osburn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.5059, Longitude: -115.9996 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.681 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.409 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.664 degrees. |
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