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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.
- 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.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Escalante Crossing
- 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 Uintah County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Uintah County
- Since Escalante Crossing is near Moffat County and also Daggett County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Moffat County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Daggett 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 Escalante Crossing
Communities Also Named Escalante Crossing ...
We found one communities that are also named 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)
- Craig Place is located in Moffat County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Place
- Dinosaur
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dry Fork
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dry Fork is located in Uintah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Fork
- Dyer ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dyer is located in Uintah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
- 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)
- Little Bonanza is located in Uintah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Bonanza
- Naples
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Red Wash
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Red Wash is located in Uintah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Wash
- Robinson Place
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Robinson Place is located in Moffat County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Place
How Far From Escalante Crossing 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 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<3> 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<4> 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).<5>
- 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).<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> | 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. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Escalante Crossing 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 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). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 329.893 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 329.062 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.32 degrees. |
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