Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Iron Basin:
  • 38.930237, -112.955232
  • 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 Iron Basin

• 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 Millard County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Millard County
  • Since Iron Basin is near Beaver County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Beaver 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 Iron Basin

Curious and Interesting Names Near Iron Basin ...

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.

• Bloom
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Bloom is located in Millard County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom
• Clear Lake ‑ Historic
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Clear Lake is located in Millard County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
• Cove Fort ‑ Historic
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Cove Fort is located in Millard County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Fort
  • Cove Fort has also been known as:
  • Charles Willden's Fort
• Eightmile Point
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Eightmile Point is located in Millard County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eightmile Point
• Ibex ‑ Historic
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Ibex is located in Millard County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ibex
• Meadow
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Meadow is located in Millard County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
• Oasis
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Oasis is located in Millard County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oasis
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oasis <1>
• Sixmile Point
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Sixmile Point is located in Millard County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile Point

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

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

• Fillmore, which is the Seat of Millard County, lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Iron Basin to Fillmore, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
• Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 138 miles [222.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). 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 1,917 miles [3,085.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 75 days and walking would take 109 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,136 miles [11,484.3 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 7,905 miles [12,721.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,881 miles [9,464.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'