|
Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Santio Crossing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Santio 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 Santio Crossing:
- 39.737744, -109.583741
- 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 Santio 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 Uintah County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Uintah County
- Since Santio Crossing is near Grand County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grand 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 Santio Crossing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Santio 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.
- Bonanza
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bonanza is located in Uintah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- Dragon ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Dragon is located in Uintah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dragon
- Former name for Dragon:
- Dragon Junction
- Little Bonanza
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Little Bonanza is located in Uintah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Bonanza
- Rainbow ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Rainbow is located in Uintah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow
- Three Pines
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Three Pines is located in Grand County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Pines
How Far From Santio Crossing 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 Santio Crossing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Santio Crossing and extending to:
- Vernal, which is the Seat of Uintah County, lies 49 miles [78.9 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Santio Crossing to Vernal, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 141 miles [226.9 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,730 miles [2,784.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 68 days and walking would take 99 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,001 miles [11,267 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,768 miles [12,501.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,725 miles [9,213.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Santio Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Santio 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 Santio Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7377, Longitude: -109.5837 In this case, the coordinates for Santio Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 330.023 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 329.151 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.522 degrees. |
|
|