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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 Hanksville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hanksville 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 Hanksville:
    • 38.374433, -110.713277
    • 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 Hanksville
  • 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 Wayne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
    • Since Hanksville is near Emery County and also Garfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Emery County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Garfield 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 Hanksville

Communities Also Named Hanksville ...

We found one communities that are also named Hanksville.

Within Utah, the name Hanksville is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Vermont
      • Chittenden County
      • This Hanksville is located in Chittenden County and lies 1,981 miles [3,188.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hanksville that is located in Wayne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chittenden County community of Hanksville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hanksville ...

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.

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

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

  • Loa, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies 50 miles [80.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Hanksville to Loa, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 176 miles [283.2 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,806 miles [2,906.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 71 days and walking would take 103 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,113 miles [11,447.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,880 miles [12,681.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,836 miles [9,392.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hanksville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Hanksville 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 Hanksville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3744, Longitude: -110.7133    
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 330.754 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 329.89 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.253 degrees.