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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 Escalante Crossing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Escalante Crossing and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Escalante Crossing:
    • 40.425796, -109.328185
    • 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 Escalante Crossing
  • 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 Escalante Crossing ...

We found one communities that share the name Escalante Crossing.

Within Utah, the name Escalante Crossing is unique.

Beyond Utah, there is another community also named Escalante Crossing in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Cochise County
      • This Escalante Crossing is located in Cochise County and lies 593 miles [954.3 km]<1> to the south of the Escalante Crossing that is located in Uintah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cochise County community of Escalante Crossing.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Escalante Crossing ...

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.

  • Craig Place
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Craig Place have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Place
    • Craig Place is located in Moffat County (CO)
  • Dinosaur
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Dry Fork
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Fork
    • Dry Fork is located in Uintah County
  • Dyer ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dyer. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
    • Dyer is located in Uintah County
  • Gusher
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Jensen
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Little Bonanza
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Bonanza have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Bonanza
    • Little Bonanza is located in Uintah County
  • Naples
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Red Wash
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Wash have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Wash
    • Red Wash is located in Uintah County
  • Robinson Place
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robinson Place have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Place
    • Robinson Place is located in Moffat County (CO)

How Far From Escalante Crossing 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 Escalante Crossing to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Escalante Crossing and extending to:

  • Vernal, which is the Seat of Uintah County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Escalante Crossing to Vernal, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 136 miles [218.9 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 1,710 miles [2,752 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,953 miles [11,189.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,720 miles [12,424.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,680 miles [9,141.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Escalante Crossing. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Uintah County: www.co.uintah.ut.us/

The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Escalante Crossing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Escalante Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4258, Longitude: -109.3282       In this case, the coordinates for Escalante Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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.
<6>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 Escalante Crossing to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 329.893 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 329.062 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.32 degrees.




 

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