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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy).
When in Tasso Mine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tasso Mine 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 Tasso Mine:
- 38.339977, -113.609672
- 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 Tasso Mine
- 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 Tasso Mine
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tasso Mine ...
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.
- Cook Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cook Corner is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Corner
- Mud Springs ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mud Springs is located in Lincoln County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Springs
- Newhouse ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Thermo ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Thermo is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thermo
How Far From Tasso Mine 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 Tasso Mine 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<1> community of Tasso Mine once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tasso Mine and extending to:
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 190 miles [305.8 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Tasso Mine to Salt Lake City, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,960 miles [3,154.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 77 days and walking would take 112 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,189 miles [11,569.6 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 7,957 miles [12,805.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,934 miles [9,549.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 Tasso Mine, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Tasso Mine) 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 Tasso Mine 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 Tasso Mine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3400, Longitude: -113.6097 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 333.032 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.596 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.903 degrees. |
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