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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 Sinker, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sinker 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 Sinker:
- 43.120719, -116.510672
- 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 Sinker
- 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 Owyhee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Owyhee County
- Since Sinker is near Ada County and also Canyon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ada County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Canyon 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 Sinker
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sinker ...
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.
- Democrat
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Democrat is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Democrat
- Dewey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dewey is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey
- Empire City ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Empire City is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire City
- Little Sugar Loaf
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Little Sugar Loaf is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sugar Loaf
- Murphy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Silver City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Slacks Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Slacks Corner is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slacks Corner
- Swan Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Swan Falls is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Falls
- Telegraph Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Telegraph Hill is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telegraph Hill
How Far From Sinker 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 Sinker to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Sinker once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Sinker and extending to:
- Murphy, which is the Seat of Owyhee County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<3> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Sinker to Boise, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,058 miles [3,312 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 4 days, a buggy would take 81 days and walking would take 117 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,957 miles [11,196.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,725 miles [12,432.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,758 miles [9,266.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Sinker, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Sinker) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Sinker 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 Sinker. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1207, Longitude: -116.5107 In this case, the coordinates for Sinker have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.82 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.257 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.369 degrees. |
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