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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 Tunupa, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tunupa 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 Tunupa:
- 42.954904, -114.579215
- 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 Tunupa
- 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 Lincoln County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
- Since Tunupa is near Gooding County and also Jerome County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gooding County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jerome 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 Tunupa
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tunupa ...
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.
- Falls City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Falls City is located in Jerome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls City
- Fuller
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Fuller is located in Gooding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
- Haytown ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Haytown is located in Jerome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haytown
- Hydra
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hydra is located in Jerome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydra
- Jerome
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Magic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Magic is located in Camas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magic
- Marley
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Marley is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marley
- Sugar Loaf
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Loaf is located in Jerome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Loaf
How Far From Tunupa 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 Tunupa to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tunupa and extending to:
- Shoshone, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies just to the East.
- Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Tunupa to Boise, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,962 miles [3,157.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 77 days and walking would take 112 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,926 miles [11,146.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,695 miles [12,383.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,710 miles [9,189.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | 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- Tunupa) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Tunupa 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 Tunupa. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9549, Longitude: -114.5792 In this case, the coordinates for Tunupa have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 334.25 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 334.401 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.201 degrees. |
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