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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 Fort Gunnison, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fort Gunnison 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 Fort Gunnison:
- 39.159432, -111.818486
- 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 Fort Gunnison
- 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 Sanpete County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sanpete County
- Since Fort Gunnison is near Sevier County and also Millard County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sevier County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Fort Gunnison
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fort Gunnison ...
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.
- Aurora
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Chester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Christianburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Christianburg is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christianburg
- Dover ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Grove is located in Millard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Pigeon Hollow Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Red Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Red Point is located in Juab County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Point
- Spearmint
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Spearmint is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearmint
How Far From Fort Gunnison to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Fort Gunnison 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<2> community of Fort Gunnison once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Fort Gunnison and extending to:
- Manti, which is the Seat of Sanpete County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Fort Gunnison to Manti, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 110 miles [177 km] to the north (N). 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 1,854 miles [2,983.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 73 days and walking would take 106 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,094 miles [11,416.7 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 7,862 miles [12,652.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,831 miles [9,384.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Fort Gunnison, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Fort Gunnison) 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 Fort Gunnison 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 Fort Gunnison. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1594, Longitude: -111.8185 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.706 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.088 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.833 degrees. |
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