Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Halivah, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Halivah and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Halivah

• 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 Halivah:
  • 37.710532, -113.174952
  • 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 Halivah

• 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 Iron County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Iron County
  • Since Halivah is near Washington County and also Kane County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Kane 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 Halivah

Curious and Interesting Names Near Halivah ...

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 City
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Cedar City is located in Iron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 36,090 people
  • Former names for Cedar City:
  • Coal Creek
  • Little Muddy
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedar City <1>
• Desert Mound ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Desert Mound is located in Iron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desert Mound
• Fort Harmony ‑ Historic
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Fort Harmony is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Harmony
• Hamiltons Fort
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Hamiltons Fort is located in Iron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamiltons Fort
  • Former names for Hamiltons Fort:
  • Fort Hamblin
  • Fort Sidon
  • Fort Walker
  • Hambleton
  • Hamblin
  • Shirts Creek
  • Sidon
  • Hamiltons Fort has also been known as:
  • Hamilton Fort
  • Hamilton
• Iron Mountain
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Iron Mountain is located in Iron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Mountain
• Iron Springs
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Iron Springs is located in Iron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Springs
• Little Pinto ‑ Historic
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Little Pinto is located in Iron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Pinto
  • Little Pinto has also been known as:
  • Page Ranch
• New Harmony
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • New Harmony is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harmony
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 236 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Harmony <1>
• Old Irontown
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Old Irontown is located in Iron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Irontown
  • Old Irontown has also been known as:
  • Iron City
  • Irontown

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Halivah and extending to:

• Parowan, which is the Seat of Iron County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Halivah to Parowan, with an average speed<3> 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 most of a day.
• Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 221 miles [355.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,947 miles [3,133.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 76 days and walking would take 111 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,217 miles [11,614.6 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 7,985 miles [12,850.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,955 miles [9,583.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'