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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 Wapi, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wapi 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 Wapi:
- 42.715465, -113.183054
- 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 Wapi
- 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 Blaine County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Blaine County
- Since Wapi is near Power County and also Cassia 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 Cassia 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 Wapi
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wapi ...
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.
- American Falls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cream Can Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cream Can Junction is located in Blaine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cream Can Junction
- Idahome
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Idahome is located in Cassia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idahome
- Lone Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lone Rock is located in Power County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Rock
- Quigley
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Quigley is located in Power County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quigley
- Raft River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Raft River is located in Cassia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raft River
- Rockland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sublett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sublett is located in Cassia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublett
How Far From Wapi 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 Wapi to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wapi and extending to:
- Hailey, which is the Seat of Blaine County, lies 78 miles [125.5 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could drive a straight line from Wapi to Hailey, 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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 164 miles [263.9 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,892 miles [3,044.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 74 days and walking would take 108 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,909 miles [11,119 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 7,678 miles [12,356.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,681 miles [9,142.7 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wapi) 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 Wapi 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 Wapi. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7155, Longitude: -113.1831 In this case, the coordinates for Wapi have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 333.117 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 333.052 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.378 degrees. |
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