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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 Williams Lake Resort, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Williams Lake Resort 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 Williams Lake Resort:
- 45.011868, -113.965900
- 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 Williams Lake Resort
- 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 Lemhi County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lemhi County
- Since Williams Lake Resort is near Custer County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Custer 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 Williams Lake Resort
Curious and Interesting Names Near Williams Lake Resort ...
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.
- Blackbird
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Blackbird is located in Lemhi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbird
- Cobalt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Elk Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Elk Bend is located in Lemhi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Bend
- Leesburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Leesburg is located in Lemhi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- May
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Salmon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Yellowjacket
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Yellowjacket is located in Lemhi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowjacket
How Far From Williams Lake Resort 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 Williams Lake Resort to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Williams Lake Resort and extending to:
- Salmon, which is the Seat of Lemhi County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Williams Lake Resort to Salmon, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 146 miles [235 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,925 miles [3,098 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 76 days and walking would take 110 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,785 miles [10,919.4 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 7,553 miles [12,155.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,578 miles [8,976.9 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- Williams Lake Resort) 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 Williams Lake Resort 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 Williams Lake Resort. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.0119, Longitude: -113.9659 In this case, the coordinates for Williams Lake Resort have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 333.906 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 334.16 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.646 degrees. |
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