Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Sugar City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sugar City and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Sugar City

• 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 Sugar City:
  • 43.874719, -111.750090
  • 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 Sugar City

• 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 Madison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
  • Since Sugar City is near Fremont County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Fremont County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Sugar City

Communities Also Named Sugar City ...

We found one communities that are also named Sugar City.

Within Idaho, the name Sugar City is unique.

Beyond Idaho, there is another community also named Sugar City in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Colorado
    • Crowley County
    • This Sugar City is located in Crowley County and lies 573 miles [922.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Sugar City that is located in Madison County.
    • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crowley County community of Sugar City.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sugar City ...

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.

• Gale
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Gale is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gale
• Hart
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Hart is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
• Independence ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Independence is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
• Jensen
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Jensen is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jensen
• Jolley
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Jolley is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolley
• Mark
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Mark is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark
• Moody
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Moody is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
• Twin Groves
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Twin Groves is located in Fremont County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Groves
• Woods Crossing
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Woods Crossing is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Crossing

How Far From Sugar City to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Sugar City to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sugar City and extending to:

• Rexburg, which is the Seat of Madison County, lies just to the South Southwest.
• Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 222 miles [357.3 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Sugar City to Boise, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,817 miles [2,924.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 71 days and walking would take 104 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,805 miles [10,951.6 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 7,574 miles [12,189.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,573 miles [8,968.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'