Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Bradshaw, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bradshaw and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Bradshaw
- 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 Bradshaw:
- 38.299371, -112.924258
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Bradshaw
- 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 Beaver County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Beaver County
- Since Bradshaw is near Iron County and also Millard County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Iron County
- eBird sighting report for Millard 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Bradshaw ...
We found seventeen communities that share the name Bradshaw.
Within Utah, the name Bradshaw is unique.
Beyond Utah, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Kentucky
- Jackson County
- This Bradshaw is located in Jackson County and lies 1,573 miles [2,531.5 km]<2> to the east of the Bradshaw that is located in Beaver County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Bradshaw.
- Todd County
- This Bradshaw is located in Todd County and lies 1,410 miles [2,269.2 km] to the east of the Bradshaw that is located in Beaver County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Todd County community of Bradshaw.
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- This Bradshaw is located in Baltimore County and lies 1,952 miles [3,141.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Bradshaw that is located in Beaver County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Bradshaw.
- Garrett County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Bradshaw [Garrett County].
- Missouri
- Washington County
- Although located in Washington County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Bradshaw.
- Nebraska
- New Mexico
- North Carolina
- Ontario
- This Bradshaw lies 1,910 miles [3,073.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Bradshaw that is located in Beaver County.
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Cherokee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Bradshaw [Cherokee County].
- McCulloch County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in McCulloch County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McCulloch County community of Bradshaw.
- Taylor County
- This Bradshaw is located in Taylor County and lies 849 miles [1,366.3 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Bradshaw that is located in Beaver County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taylor County community of Bradshaw.
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Logan County
- This Bradshaw is located in Logan County and lies 1,672 miles [2,690.8 km]<2> to the east of the Bradshaw that is located in Beaver County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Bradshaw.
- McDowell County
- This Bradshaw is located in McDowell County and lies 1,690 miles [2,719.8 km] to the east of the Bradshaw that is located in Beaver County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McDowell County community of Bradshaw.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bradshaw ...
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.
- Beaver
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Beaver is located in Beaver County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,200 people
- Beaver has also been known as:
- Beaver City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beaver <4>
- Cook Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cook Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Corner
- Cook Corner is located in Beaver County
- Greenville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Greenville is located in Beaver County
- Lees Spring ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lees Spring. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Spring
- Lees Spring is located in Beaver County
- Minersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minersville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minersville
- Minersville is located in Beaver County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Minersville <4>
- Thermo ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest) - Wheatgrass
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wheatgrass have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatgrass
- Wheatgrass is located in Iron County
- Yellow Banks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yellow Banks have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Banks
- Yellow Banks is located in Beaver County
How Far From Bradshaw 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 Bradshaw to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Bradshaw once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Bradshaw and extending to:
- Beaver, which is the Seat of Beaver County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Bradshaw to Beaver, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 178 miles [286.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,924 miles [3,096.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 76 days and walking would take 110 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,174 miles [11,545.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,942 miles [12,781.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,914 miles [9,517.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Beaver County: www.beaver.state.ut.us/
The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Bradshaw could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Bradshaw) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bradshaw. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2994, Longitude: -112.9243 |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Bradshaw, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Bradshaw to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.483 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.939 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.511 degrees. |