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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 Tintic Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tintic 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 Tintic Junction:
- 39.927171, -112.160780
- 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 Tintic 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 Juab County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Juab County
- Since Tintic Junction is near Utah County and also Tooele County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Utah County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tooele 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 Tintic Junction
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tintic 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.
- Diamond ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Diamond is located in Juab County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Dividend ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dividend is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dividend
- Eureka
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Knight
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Knight is located in Juab County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knight
- Knightville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Knightville is located in Juab County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knightville
- Mammoth
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mammoth is located in Juab County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mammoth
- Mammoth has also been known as:
- Robinson
- Mammoth Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mammoth Junction is located in Juab County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mammoth Junction
- Silver City ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Silver City is located in Juab County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
How Far From Tintic Junction 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 Tintic 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 Tintic Junction and extending to:
- Nephi, which is the Seat of Juab County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Tintic Junction to Nephi, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 59 miles [95 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,863 miles [2,998.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 73 days and walking would take 106 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,056 miles [11,355.5 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 7,824 miles [12,591.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,800 miles [9,334.2 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 from Point A (ie- Tintic 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 Tintic 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 Tintic Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9272, Longitude: -112.1608 In this case, the coordinates for Tintic Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.055 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.568 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.982 degrees. |
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