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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 Yellowjacket, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Yellowjacket 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 Yellowjacket:
- 44.979640, -114.531752
- 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 Yellowjacket
- 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 Yellowjacket is near Valley County and also Custer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Valley County
- 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 Yellowjacket
Communities Also Named Yellowjacket ...
We found one communities that are also named Yellowjacket.
Within Idaho, the name Yellowjacket is unique.
Beyond Idaho, there is another community also named Yellowjacket in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Tehama County
- This Yellowjacket is located in Tehama County and lies 488 miles [785.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Yellowjacket that is located in Lemhi County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tehama County community of Yellowjacket.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Yellowjacket ...
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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blackbird is located in Lemhi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbird
- Clover ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clover is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover
- Cobalt
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elk Bend
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Elk Bend is located in Lemhi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Bend
- Leesburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Leesburg is located in Lemhi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
How Far From Yellowjacket 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 Yellowjacket to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Yellowjacket and extending to:
- Salmon, which is the Seat of Lemhi County, lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Yellowjacket to Salmon, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 125 miles [201.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,952 miles [3,141.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 77 days and walking would take 111 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,799 miles [10,941.9 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 7,567 miles [12,177.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,597 miles [9,007.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Yellowjacket) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Yellowjacket 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 Yellowjacket. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9796, Longitude: -114.5318 In this case, the coordinates for Yellowjacket have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 334.357 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 334.683 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.999 degrees. |
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