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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 Trailton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Trailton 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 Trailton:
- 43.129918, -111.911907
- 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 Trailton
- 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 Bingham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bingham County
- Since Trailton is near Bonneville County and also Caribou County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bonneville County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caribou 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 Trailton
Curious and Interesting Names Near Trailton ...
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.
- Bone
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bone is located in Bonneville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bone
- Firth
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Five Points ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points is located in Caribou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Four Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Four Corners is located in Bingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Gay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gay is located in Bingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay
- Hatch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hatch is located in Caribou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatch
- Mitchell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mitchell is located in Bingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Ozone
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Ozone is located in Bonneville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozone
- Wolverine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Wolverine is located in Bingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolverine
How Far From Trailton to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Trailton 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 Trailton once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Trailton and extending to:
- Blackfoot, which is the Seat of Bingham County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<3> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Trailton to Blackfoot, with an average speed<4> 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 most of a day.
- Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 217 miles [349.2 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,826 miles [2,938.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 72 days and walking would take 104 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,854 miles [11,030.4 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 7,623 miles [12,268 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,618 miles [9,041.3 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 Trailton, 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- Trailton) 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 Trailton 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 Trailton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1299, Longitude: -111.9119 In this case, the coordinates for Trailton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.143 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.946 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.581 degrees. |
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