Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Sinclair, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sinclair and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Sinclair
- 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 Sinclair:
- 48.929117, -116.176866
- 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 Sinclair
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Boundary County
- Since Sinclair is near Lincoln County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Sinclair ...
We found nine communities that share the name Sinclair.
Within Idaho, the name Sinclair is unique.
Beyond Idaho, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Maine
- Manitoba
- This Sinclair lies 673 miles [1,083.1 km]<1> to the east of the Sinclair that is located in Boundary County.
- Montana
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- West Virginia
- Wyoming
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sinclair ...
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.
- Canyon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon
- Crossport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south) - Eileen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Goatfell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goatfell
- Good Grief
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Good Grief have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Grief
- Good Grief is located in Boundary County
- Kingsgate
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Lister
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest) - Meadow Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Creek
- Meadow Creek is located in Boundary County
- Threemile Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Threemile Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threemile Corner
- Threemile Corner is located in Boundary County
How Far From Sinclair 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 Sinclair to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sinclair and extending to:
- Bonners Ferry, which is the Seat of Boundary County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sinclair to Bonners Ferry, with an average speed<5> 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 five to six hours.
- Boise City, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 367 miles [590.6 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,040 miles [3,283.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 4 days, a buggy would take 80 days and walking would take 116 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,584 miles [10,595.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,351 miles [11,830.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,425 miles [8,730.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sinclair. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Boundary County: www.boundary-idaho.com/
The official website for State of Idaho: https://idaho.gov/
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 from Point A (ie- Sinclair) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sinclair. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.9291, Longitude: -116.1769 In this case, the coordinates for Sinclair have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Sinclair 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> | 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. |
| <4> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Sinclair to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.886 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.748 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.616 degrees. |