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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 Schnoors, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Schnoors 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 Schnoors:
- 48.689659, -116.339643
- 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 Schnoors
- 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 Boundary County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boundary County
- Since Schnoors is near Bonner County and also Lincoln County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bonner 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 Schnoors
Curious and Interesting Names Near Schnoors ...
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.
- Boulder City ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Boulder City is located in Boundary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder City
- Burns
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Burns is located in Boundary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
- Crossport
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Crossport is located in Boundary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossport
- Deep Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Deep Creek is located in Boundary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
- Eileen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Eileen is located in Boundary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eileen
- Meadow Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Meadow Creek is located in Boundary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Creek
- Naples
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Threemile Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Threemile Corner is located in Boundary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threemile Corner
How Far From Schnoors 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 Schnoors to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Schnoors and extending to:
- Bonners Ferry, which is the Seat of Boundary County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 350 miles [563.3 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Schnoors to Boise, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 20 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,046 miles [3,292.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 4 days, a buggy would take 80 days and walking would take 117 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,602 miles [10,624.9 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 7,369 miles [11,859.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,442 miles [8,758.1 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Schnoors) 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 Schnoors 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 Schnoors. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.6897, Longitude: -116.3396 In this case, the coordinates for Schnoors have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.008 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.872 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.749 degrees. |
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