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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 Two Forks, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Two Forks 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 Two Forks:
- 43.712972, -111.177167
- 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 Two Forks
- 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 Teton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Teton County
- Since Two Forks is near Teton County and also Fremont County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Teton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fremont 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 Two Forks
Curious and Interesting Names Near Two Forks ...
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.
- Beaver Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Beaver Creek is located in Teton County (WY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
- Cache
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cache is located in Teton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cache
- Felt
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Fox Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fox Creek is located in Teton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Creek
- France
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- France is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for France
- Grainville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Grainville is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grainville
- Irwin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Moose
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Sam
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sam is located in Teton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sam
- Squirrel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Squirrel is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrel
- Swan Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Twin Forks
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Twin Forks is located in Teton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Forks
- Woods Crossing
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Woods Crossing is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Crossing
How Far From Two Forks 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 community such as Two Forks to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Two Forks and extending to:
- Driggs, which is the Seat of Teton County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 251 miles [403.9 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Two Forks to Boise, with an average speed<3>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 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,788 miles [2,877.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 70 days and walking would take 102 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,801 miles [10,945.1 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 7,570 miles [12,182.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,564 miles [8,954.4 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Two Forks) 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 Two Forks 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 Two Forks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.7130, Longitude: -111.1772 In this case, the coordinates for Two Forks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.607 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.37 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.085 degrees. |
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