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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 Kyune, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kyune 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 Kyune:
- 39.826072, -110.944885
- 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 Kyune
- 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 Utah County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Utah County
- Since Kyune is near Carbon County and also Emery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carbon County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Emery 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 Kyune
Communities Also Named Kyune ...
We found one communities that are also named Kyune.
There is one other community in Utah that is also named Kyune.
Beyond Utah.
- Communities Located In Utah ...
- Emery County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Kyune [Emery County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kyune ...
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.
- Castle Gate ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Castle Gate is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Gate
- Consumers ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Consumers is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Consumers
- Helper
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Martin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Martin is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Mutual ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mutual is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Peerless ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Peerless is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless
- Rains ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rains is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains
- Royal ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Royal is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Former names for Royal:
- Bear Canyon
- Cameron
- Rolapp
- Soldier Summit ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Soldier Summit is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldier Summit
- Spring Canyon ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Spring Canyon is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Canyon
- Spring Canyon has also been known as:
- Storrs
- Standardville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Standardville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standardville
- Sweet ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sweet is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet
- Three Forks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Three Forks is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks
How Far From Kyune 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 community such as Kyune to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Kyune and extending to:
- Provo, which is the Seat of Utah County, lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<3> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Kyune to Provo, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full 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 81 miles [130.4 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,800 miles [2,896.8 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,031 miles [11,315.3 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 7,799 miles [12,551.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,766 miles [9,279.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Kyune 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kyune) 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 Kyune 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 Kyune. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8261, Longitude: -110.9449 In this case, the coordinates for Kyune have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.091 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 330.419 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.289 degrees. |
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