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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 Silvertip Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Silvertip Landing 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 Silvertip Landing:
- 47.361573, -116.692672
- 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 Silvertip Landing
- 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 Benewah County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benewah County
- Since Silvertip Landing is near Kootenai County and also Spokane County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kootenai County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Spokane 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 Silvertip Landing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Silvertip Landing ...
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.
- Flat Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Creek is located in Benewah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
- Lane
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lane is located in Kootenai County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
- Lotus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lotus is located in Benewah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lotus
- Milltown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Milltown is located in Benewah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Mozart
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mozart is located in Kootenai County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mozart
- Pedee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pedee is located in Benewah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pedee
- Rocky Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rocky Point is located in Benewah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
- Rover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rover is located in Benewah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rover
How Far From Silvertip Landing 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 Silvertip Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Silvertip Landing and extending to:
- Saint Maries, which is the Seat of Benewah County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 259 miles [416.8 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Silvertip Landing to Boise, with an average speed<2>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 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,057 miles [3,310.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 4 days, a buggy would take 81 days and walking would take 117 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,693 miles [10,771.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,460 miles [12,005.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,526 miles [8,893.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Silvertip Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Silvertip Landing 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 Silvertip Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.3616, Longitude: -116.6927 In this case, the coordinates for Silvertip Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.235 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.04 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.122 degrees. |
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