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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 Pinto, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Little Pinto 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 Little Pinto:
    • 37.567153, -113.423318
    • 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 Little Pinto
  • 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 Iron County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • eBird sighting report for Iron County
    • Since Little Pinto is near Washington County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
    • eBird sighting report for Washington 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Little Pinto ...

We found one communities that share the name Little Pinto.

There is one other community in Utah which is also named Little Pinto.

Beyond Utah.

  • Communities Located In Utah ...
    • Washington County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Washington County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Little Pinto.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Little Pinto ...

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.

  • Central
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
    • Central is located in Washington County
  • Desert Mound ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Desert Mound have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Harmony
    • Fort Harmony is located in Washington County
  • Hamiltons Fort
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • 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
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iron Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Mountain
    • Iron Mountain is located in Iron County
  • Mountain Meadows ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Meadows
    • Mountain Meadows is located in Washington County
  • New Harmony
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Old Irontown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • 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 Little Pinto 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 Little Pinto to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Little Pinto once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Little Pinto and extending to:

  • Parowan, which is the Seat of Iron County, lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<4> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Little Pinto to Parowan, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 235 miles [378.2 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 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,962 miles [3,157.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 77 days and walking would take 112 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,232 miles [11,638.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,000 miles [12,874.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,971 miles [9,609.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Little Pinto, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Little Pinto) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Little Pinto. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5672, Longitude: -113.4233    
<5>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.
<6>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 Pinto to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.793 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.248 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.827 degrees.




 

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