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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 Tyhee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tyhee 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 Tyhee:
- 42.951581, -112.466369
- 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 Tyhee
- 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 Bannock County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bannock County
- Since Tyhee is near Power County and also Bingham County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Power County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bingham 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 Tyhee
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tyhee ...
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.
- Blackfoot
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Chubbuck
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Crystal
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Crystal is located in Power County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
- Don
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Don is located in Power County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Don
- Five Points ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Five Points is located in Caribou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Gay
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Gay is located in Bingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay
- Grandview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grandview is located in Bingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Groveland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Groveland is located in Bingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
- Liberty
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Liberty is located in Bingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
How Far From Tyhee 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 Tyhee to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tyhee and extending to:
- Pocatello, which is the Seat of Bannock County, lies just to the South.
- Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 193 miles [310.6 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Tyhee to Boise, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,855 miles [2,985.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 73 days and walking would take 106 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,878 miles [11,069.1 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 7,647 miles [12,306.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,645 miles [9,084.7 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tyhee) 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 Tyhee 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 Tyhee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9516, Longitude: -112.4664 In this case, the coordinates for Tyhee have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.567 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.427 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.929 degrees. |
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