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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 Little Bonanza, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Little Bonanza 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 Little Bonanza:
- 40.035800, -109.211785
- 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 Little Bonanza
- 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 Uintah County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Uintah County
- Since Little Bonanza is near Moffat County and also Rio Blanco County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Moffat County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rio Blanco 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 Little Bonanza
Curious and Interesting Names Near Little Bonanza ...
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.
- Bonanza
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bonanza is located in Uintah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- Dinosaur
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dragon ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Dragon is located in Uintah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dragon
- Former name for Dragon:
- Dragon Junction
- Escalante Crossing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Escalante Crossing is located in Uintah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escalante Crossing
- Jensen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Rainbow ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Rainbow is located in Uintah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow
- Red Wash
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Red Wash is located in Uintah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Wash
- Robinson Place
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Robinson Place is located in Moffat County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Place
How Far From Little Bonanza 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 Little Bonanza to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Little Bonanza and extending to:
- Vernal, which is the Seat of Uintah County, lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Little Bonanza to Vernal, 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 149 miles [239.8 km] to the west northwest (WNW). 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 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,707 miles [2,747.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 67 days and walking would take 97 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,973 miles [11,222 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 7,740 miles [12,456.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,696 miles [9,166.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Little Bonanza) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Little Bonanza 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 Little Bonanza. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0358, Longitude: -109.2118 In this case, the coordinates for Little Bonanza have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 329.766 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 328.875 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.287 degrees. |
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