Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Sawyer, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sawyer and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Sawyer
- 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 Sawyer:
- 48.144354, -116.755751
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Sawyer
- 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 Bonner County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Bonner County
- Since Sawyer is near Kootenai County and also Pend Oreille County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Kootenai County
- eBird sighting report for Pend Oreille 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Sawyer ...
We found eighteen communities that share the name Sawyer.
Within Idaho, the name Sawyer is unique.
Beyond Idaho, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- New Mexico
- Cibola County
- This Sawyer is located in Cibola County and lies 995 miles [1,601.3 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Sawyer that is located in Bonner County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cibola County community of Sawyer.
- Valencia County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Valencia County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Valencia County community of Sawyer.
- New York
- Allegany County
- This Sawyer is located in Allegany County and lies 1,908 miles [3,070.6 km]<1> to the east of the Sawyer that is located in Bonner County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegany County community of Sawyer.
- Niagara County
- This Sawyer is located in Niagara County and lies 1,845 miles [2,969.2 km] to the east of the Sawyer that is located in Bonner County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Niagara County community of Sawyer.
- Orleans County
- This Sawyer is located in Orleans County and lies 1,868 miles [3,006.3 km] to the east of the Sawyer that is located in Bonner County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orleans County community of Sawyer.
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Oklahoma
- Washington
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sawyer ...
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.
- Blacktail
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Dover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dover have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Dover is located in Bonner County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 968 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <5>
- Evans Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evans Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Landing
- Evans Landing is located in Bonner County
- Four Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Four Corners is located in Bonner County
- Harlem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Lignite
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast) - Priest River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priest River
- Priest River is located in Bonner County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,930 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Priest River <5>
- Sandpoint
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandpoint
- Sandpoint is located in Bonner County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,273 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sandpoint <5>
- Silver Beach
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Beach
- Silver Beach is located in Kootenai County
- Spirit Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spirit Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spirit Lake
- Spirit Lake is located in Kootenai County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,559 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spirit Lake <5>
- Tweedie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
How Far From Sawyer to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Sawyer to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sawyer and extending to:
- Sandpoint, which is the Seat of Bonner County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sawyer to Sandpoint, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Boise City, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 313 miles [503.7 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,062 miles [3,318.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 4 days, a buggy would take 81 days and walking would take 118 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,644 miles [10,692.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,411 miles [11,926.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,484 miles [8,825.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sawyer. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Bonner County: www.co.bonner.id.us/
The official website for State of Idaho: www.state.id.us/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sawyer) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sawyer. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.1444, Longitude: -116.7558 In this case, the coordinates for Sawyer have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Sawyer, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Sawyer 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. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Sawyer to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.323 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.196 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.079 degrees. |