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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 Quigley Crossing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Quigley Crossing 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 Quigley Crossing:
- 41.866871, -111.981061
- 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 Quigley Crossing
- 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 Cache County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cache County
- Since Quigley Crossing is near Box Elder County and also Franklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Box Elder County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin 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 Quigley Crossing
Communities Also Named Quigley Crossing ...
We found one communities that are also named Quigley Crossing.
Within Utah, the name Quigley Crossing is unique.
Beyond Utah, there is another community also named Quigley Crossing in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Saint Francis County
- This Quigley Crossing is located in Saint Francis County and lies 1,241 miles [1,997.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Quigley Crossing that is located in Cache County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Francis County community of Quigley Crossing.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Quigley Crossing ...
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.
- Beaverdam
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Beaverdam is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdam
- Cache
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cache is located in Cache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cache
- Cache Junction ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cache Junction is located in Cache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cache Junction
- Cornish
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fielding
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greenville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Greenville is located in Cache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Peter
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Peter is located in Cache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peter
- Plymouth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
How Far From Quigley Crossing 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 Quigley Crossing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Quigley Crossing and extending to:
- Logan, which is the Seat of Cache County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Quigley Crossing to Logan, 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 76 miles [122.3 km] to the south (S). 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 1,836 miles [2,954.8 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 6,933 miles [11,157.6 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 7,702 miles [12,395.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,689 miles [9,155.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Quigley Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Quigley Crossing 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 Quigley Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8669, Longitude: -111.9811 In this case, the coordinates for Quigley Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.095 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.781 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.734 degrees. |
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