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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 Pigeon Hollow Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pigeon Hollow Junction 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 Pigeon Hollow Junction:
- 39.421629, -111.559082
- 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 Pigeon Hollow Junction
- 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 Sanpete County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sanpete County
- Since Pigeon Hollow Junction is near Juab County and also Emery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Juab 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 Pigeon Hollow Junction
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pigeon Hollow Junction ...
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.
- Beaver Dams
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver Dams is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dams
- Beaver Dams has also been known as:
- Beaver Dams Summer Homes Area
- Chester
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Christianburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Christianburg is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christianburg
- Fountain Green
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Freedom
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Freedom is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Hill Top
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hill Top is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Top
- Jerusalem
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Pleasant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,580 people
- Former names for Mount Pleasant:
- Fort Hambleton
- Hambleton
- Hambletowns Settlement
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Pleasant <1>
- Oak Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Oak Creek is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Creek
- Spring City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Pigeon Hollow Junction 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 Pigeon Hollow Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pigeon Hollow Junction and extending to:
- Manti, which is the Seat of Sanpete County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pigeon Hollow Junction to Manti, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 94 miles [151.3 km] to the north (N). 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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,837 miles [2,956.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 72 days and walking would take 105 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,071 miles [11,379.7 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 7,839 miles [12,615.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,808 miles [9,347.1 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' (or 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- Pigeon Hollow Junction) 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 Pigeon Hollow Junction 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 Pigeon Hollow Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4216, Longitude: -111.5591 In this case, the coordinates for Pigeon Hollow Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.53 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 330.903 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.668 degrees. |
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