Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Wickahoney Crossing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wickahoney Crossing and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Wickahoney Crossing

• 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 Wickahoney Crossing:
  • 42.542118, -115.978152
  • 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 Wickahoney Crossing

• 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 Owyhee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Owyhee 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 Wickahoney Crossing

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wickahoney Crossing ...

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.

• Comical Turn
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Comical Turn is located in Owyhee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comical Turn
• Cottonwood ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Cottonwood is located in Owyhee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
• Dans Place
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Dans Place is located in Owyhee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dans Place
• Dry Forty
  (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Dry Forty is located in Owyhee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Forty
• Frost Place
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Frost Place is located in Owyhee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost Place
• Harvey Place
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Harvey Place is located in Owyhee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey Place
• Hot Springs
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Hot Springs is located in Owyhee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
• James Place
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • James Place is located in Owyhee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Place
• Wickahoney ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Wickahoney is located in Owyhee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickahoney

How Far From Wickahoney Crossing to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Wickahoney Crossing to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Wickahoney Crossing and extending to:

• Murphy, which is the Seat of Owyhee County, lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Wickahoney Crossing to Murphy, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
• Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 74 miles [119.1 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,035 miles [3,275 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 4 days, a buggy would take 80 days and walking would take 116 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,982 miles [11,236.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,750 miles [12,472.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,775 miles [9,294 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'