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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 Columbia Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Columbia Junction 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 Columbia Junction:
- 39.531633, -110.443765
- 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 Columbia Junction
- 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 Carbon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carbon County
- Since Columbia Junction is near Emery County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Emery 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 Columbia Junction
Communities Also Named Columbia Junction ...
We found one communities that are also named Columbia Junction.
Within Utah, the name Columbia Junction is unique.
Beyond Utah, there is another community also named Columbia Junction in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Washington
- Cowlitz 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 Washington community of Columbia Junction [Cowlitz County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Columbia Junction ...
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.
- Cedar ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cedar is located in Emery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
- Desert Lake ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Desert Lake is located in Emery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desert Lake
- Grassy ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Grassy is located in Emery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
- Harper ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Harper is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Former names for Harper:
- Minnie Maud
- Nine Mile
- Horse Canyon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Horse Canyon is located in Emery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Canyon
- Price
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Sunnyside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sunnyside Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sunnyside Junction is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside Junction
- Woodside ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Woodside is located in Emery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
How Far From Columbia Junction 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 Columbia Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Columbia Junction and extending to:
- Price, which is the Seat of Carbon County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Columbia Junction to Price, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 114 miles [183.5 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,777 miles [2,859.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 70 days and walking would take 101 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,036 miles [11,323.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,803 miles [12,557.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,765 miles [9,277.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Columbia Junction 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Columbia Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Columbia Junction 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 Columbia Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5316, Longitude: -110.4438 In this case, the coordinates for Columbia Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 330.67 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 329.895 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.025 degrees. |
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