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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 Paradise Valley Summer Home Area, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Paradise Valley Summer Home Area and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Paradise Valley Summer Home 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 Paradise Valley Summer Home Area:
- 44.669622, -115.659005
- 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 Paradise Valley Summer Home Area
- 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 Paradise Valley Summer Home Area is near Adams County and also Custer 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 Custer 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 Paradise Valley Summer Home Area
Curious and Interesting Names Near Paradise Valley Summer Home Area ...
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.
- Cascade
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle Nest
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Eagle Nest is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Nest
- Lake Fork
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Landmark
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Landmark is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landmark
- Midnight
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Midnight is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midnight
- Roseberry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Roseberry is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseberry
- Warm Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Warm Lake is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warm Lake
- Yellow Pine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
How Far From Paradise Valley Summer Home Area 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 Paradise Valley Summer Home Area to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Paradise Valley Summer Home Area and extending to:
- Cascade, which is the Seat of Valley County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Paradise Valley Summer Home Area to Cascade, with an average speed<3> 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 77 miles [123.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 2,008 miles [3,231.6 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 6,842 miles [11,011.1 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 7,610 miles [12,247.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,647 miles [9,088 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Paradise Valley Summer Home Area) 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 Paradise Valley Summer Home Area 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 Paradise Valley Summer Home Area. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6696, Longitude: -115.6590 In this case, the coordinates for Paradise Valley Summer Home Area have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.243 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.693 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.724 degrees. |
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