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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 Brachipad, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brachipad 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 Brachipad:
- 41.814862, -111.618670
- 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 Brachipad
- 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 Cache County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cache County
- Since Brachipad is near Rich County and also Franklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rich County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin 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 Brachipad
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brachipad ...
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.
- Cove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cove is located in Cache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
- Garden City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Greenville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Greenville is located in Cache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Lakota
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lakota is located in Rich County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakota
- Meadowville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Nibley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nibley is located in Cache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nibley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,168 people
- Old Limber Pine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Old Limber Pine is located in Rich County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Limber Pine
- Pickelville ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Providence
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Round Valley ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
How Far From Brachipad 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 Brachipad to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Brachipad and extending to:
- Logan, which is the Seat of Cache County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Brachipad to Logan, 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.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 74 miles [119.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 1,818 miles [2,925.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 71 days and walking would take 104 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,927 miles [11,147.9 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 7,696 miles [12,385.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,680 miles [9,141.1 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Brachipad) 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 Brachipad 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 Brachipad. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8149, Longitude: -111.6187 In this case, the coordinates for Brachipad have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.805 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.436 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.525 degrees. |
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