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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 Dutch John, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dutch John 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 Dutch John:
- 40.930747, -109.391493
- 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 Dutch John
- 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 Daggett County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Daggett County
- Since Dutch John is near Sweetwater County and also Uintah County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sweetwater County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Uintah 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 Dutch John
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dutch John ...
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.
- Buckboard Crossing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Buckboard Crossing is located in Sweetwater County (WY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckboard Crossing
- Craig Place
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Craig Place is located in Moffat County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Place
- Dry Fork
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dyer ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Flaming Gorge Lodge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Flaming Gorge Lodge is located in Daggett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flaming Gorge Lodge
- Manila
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Petes Place
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Petes Place is located in Sweetwater County (WY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petes Place
- Sparks
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sparks is located in Moffat County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
How Far From Dutch John 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 Dutch John to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Dutch John and extending to:
- Manila, which is the Seat of Daggett County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Dutch John to Manila, with an average speed<3> 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 five to six hours.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 131 miles [210.8 km] to the west (W). 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 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,709 miles [2,750.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 67 days and walking would take 98 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,925 miles [11,144.7 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 7,692 miles [12,379.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,655 miles [9,100.8 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 '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- Dutch John) 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 Dutch John 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 Dutch John. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9307, Longitude: -109.3915 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 329.989 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 329.222 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.311 degrees. |
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