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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 Iron Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Iron Springs 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 Iron Springs:
    • 37.749697, -113.234676
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Iron Springs
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Iron Springs ...

We found nine communities that share the name Iron Springs.

Within Utah, the name Iron Springs is unique.

Beyond Utah, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • This Iron Springs lies 841 miles [1,353.5 km]<1> to the north of the Iron Springs that is located in Iron County.
    • Arizona
      • Yavapai County
      • This Iron Springs is located in Yavapai County and lies 221 miles [355.7 km]<1> to the south of the Iron Springs that is located in Iron County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yavapai County community of Iron Springs.
    • Arkansas
      • Nevada County
      • This Iron Springs is located in Nevada County and lies 1,139 miles [1,833 km]<1> to the east of the Iron Springs that is located in Iron County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nevada County community of Iron Springs.
      • Pulaski County
      • This Iron Springs is located in Pulaski County and lies 1,183 miles [1,903.9 km] to the east of the Iron Springs that is located in Iron County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Iron Springs.
    • Colorado
      • Otero County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Iron Springs [Otero County].
      • San Miguel County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in San Miguel County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Miguel County community of Iron Springs.
    • Idaho
      • Iron Springs #
      • This community is historic<3> and we have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for Iron Springs.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Adams County
      • This Iron Springs is located in Adams County and lies 1,921 miles [3,091.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Iron Springs that is located in Iron County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Iron Springs.
    • Washington
      • Grays Harbor County
      • This Iron Springs is located in Grays Harbor County and lies 854 miles [1,374.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Iron Springs that is located in Iron County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grays Harbor County community of Iron Springs.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Iron Springs ...

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
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar City
    • Cedar City is located in Iron County
    • 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 <4>
  • Desert Mound ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Desert Mound have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desert Mound
    • Desert Mound is located in Iron County
  • Fort Harmony ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Harmony
    • Fort Harmony is located in Washington County
  • Hamiltons Fort
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamiltons Fort
    • Hamiltons Fort is located in Iron County
    • 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
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iron Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Mountain
    • Iron Mountain is located in Iron County
  • Little Pinto ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Little Pinto. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Pinto
    • Little Pinto is located in Iron County
    • Little Pinto has also been known as:
    • Page Ranch
  • New Harmony
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Old Irontown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Irontown
    • Old Irontown is located in Iron County
    • Old Irontown has also been known as:
    • Iron City
    • Irontown

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

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

  • Parowan, which is the Seat of Iron County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Iron Springs to Parowan, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days 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 219 miles [352.4 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 1,949 miles [3,136.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 77 days and walking would take 111 days.
  • The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,216 miles [11,613 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,984 miles [12,849 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,954 miles [9,582 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Iron Springs. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Iron County: www.ironnet.org/

The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Iron Springs) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Iron Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7497, Longitude: -113.2347       In this case, the coordinates for Iron Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Iron Springs could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>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 Iron Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>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.
<8>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 Iron Springs to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.665 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.11 degrees.
<11>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.713 degrees.




 

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