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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 Verdure, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Verdure 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 Verdure:
    • 37.786163, -109.348504
    • 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 Verdure
  • 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 San Juan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for San Juan County
    • Since Verdure is near Dolores County and also San Miguel County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dolores County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for San Miguel 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 Verdure

Communities Also Named Verdure ...

We found one communities that are also named Verdure.

Within Utah, the name Verdure is unique.

Beyond Utah, there is another community also named Verdure in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Oregon
      • Linn County
      • This Verdure is located in Linn County and lies 854 miles [1,374.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Verdure that is located in San Juan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Linn County community of Verdure.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Verdure ...

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.

How Far From Verdure 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 Verdure 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<3> community of Verdure once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Verdure and extending to:

  • Monticello, which is the Seat of San Juan County, lies just to the North.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 246 miles [395.9 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Verdure to Salt Lake City, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,742 miles [2,803.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 68 days and walking would take 99 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,111 miles [11,444 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,877 miles [12,676.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,821 miles [9,368 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Verdure) 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>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 Verdure, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>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 Verdure 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 Verdure. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7862, Longitude: -109.3485    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 329.63 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 328.501 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.529 degrees.