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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 Old Limber Pine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Limber Pine 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 Old Limber Pine:
- 41.919933, -111.474376
- 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 Old Limber Pine
- 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 Rich County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rich County
- Since Old Limber Pine is near Bear Lake County and also Cache County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bear Lake County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cache 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 Old Limber Pine
Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Limber Pine ...
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.
- Cherryville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cherryville is located in Franklin County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherryville
- Cove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Cove is located in Cache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
- Fish Haven
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Franklin
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Garden City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lakota
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lakota is located in Rich County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakota
- Meadowville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Meadowville is located in Rich County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowville
- Pickelville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pickelville is located in Rich County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickelville
- Round Valley ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Round Valley is located in Rich County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Valley
- Turnpike
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Turnpike is located in Bear Lake County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnpike
How Far From Old Limber Pine 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 Old Limber Pine to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Old Limber Pine and extending to:
- Randolph, which is the Seat of Rich County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Old Limber Pine to Randolph, with an average speed<3> 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 83 miles [133.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 1,810 miles [2,912.9 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,918 miles [11,133.4 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 7,686 miles [12,369.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,670 miles [9,125 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 '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- Old Limber Pine) 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 Old Limber Pine 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 Old Limber Pine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9199, Longitude: -111.4744 In this case, the coordinates for Old Limber Pine have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.701 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.323 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.432 degrees. |
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