Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Rains, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rains and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Rains
- 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 Rains:
- 39.710137, -110.955964
- 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 Rains
- 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 Carbon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Carbon County
- Since Rains is near Utah County and also Emery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Utah County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Rains ...
We found three communities that share the name Rains.
Within Utah, the name Rains is unique.
Beyond Utah, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Nevada
- South Carolina
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rains ...
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.
- Castle Gate ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Castle Gate. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Gate
- Castle Gate is located in Carbon County
- Coal City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Coal City is located in Carbon County
- Former names for Coal City:
- Cedar Mesa Ranch
- Dempsey City
- Dempseyville
- Great Western
- Oak Springs Bench
- Consumers ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Helper
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helper
- Helper is located in Carbon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,141 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Helper <5>
- Martin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Mutual ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west) - National ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Peerless ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless
- Peerless is located in Carbon County
- Royal ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Royal is located in Carbon County
- Former names for Royal:
- Bear Canyon
- Cameron
- Rolapp
- Spring Canyon ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Canyon have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Canyon
- Spring Canyon is located in Carbon County
- Spring Canyon has also been known as:
- Storrs
- Standardville ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Standardville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standardville
- Standardville is located in Carbon County
- Sweet ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Wildcat
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Rains 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 Rains 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 Rains once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Rains and extending to:
- Price, which is the Seat of Carbon County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Rains to Price, with an average speed<6> 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 87 miles [140 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 1,802 miles [2,900 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,039 miles [11,328.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,806 miles [12,562.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,772 miles [9,289.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Carbon County: www.carboncountyutah.com/
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 Rains, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rains) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rains. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7101, Longitude: -110.9560 |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Rains to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.088 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 330.405 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.304 degrees. |