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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 Modena, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Modena 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 Modena:
- 37.798815, -113.924415
- 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 Modena
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Iron County
- Since Modena is near Lincoln County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Modena
Communities Also Named Modena ...
We found six communities that are also named Modena.
Within Utah, the name Modena is unique.
Beyond Utah, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Stark County
- This Modena is located in Stark County and lies 1,303 miles [2,097 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Modena that is located in Iron County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of Modena.
- Kansas
- Butler 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 Kansas community of Modena [Butler County].
- Missouri
- Mercer County
- This Modena is located in Mercer County and lies 1,096 miles [1,763.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Modena that is located in Iron County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Modena.
- New York
- Ulster County
- This Modena is located in Ulster County and lies 2,112 miles [3,398.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Modena that is located in Iron County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ulster County community of Modena.
- Pennsylvania
- Chester County
- This Modena is located in Chester County and lies 2,038 miles [3,279.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Modena that is located in Iron County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Modena.
- Wisconsin
- Buffalo County
- This Modena is located in Buffalo County and lies 1,234 miles [1,985.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Modena that is located in Iron County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buffalo County community of Modena.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Modena ...
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.
- Brown ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brown is located in Lincoln County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown
- Crestline ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Deer Lodge ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Desert Springs ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Fay ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hebron ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Heist ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Heist is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heist
- Horseshoe Bend
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Horseshoe Bend is located in Lincoln County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe Bend
How Far From Modena 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 Modena to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Modena and extending to:
- Parowan, which is the Seat of Iron County, lies 59 miles [95 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Modena to Parowan, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 231 miles [371.8 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 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,985 miles [3,194.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 78 days and walking would take 113 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,230 miles [11,635.6 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 7,998 miles [12,871.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,974 miles [9,614.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Modena) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Modena 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> | 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 Modena 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 Modena. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7988, Longitude: -113.9244 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 333.22 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.776 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.106 degrees. |
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