Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Watercress Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Watercress Junction and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Watercress Junction
- 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 Watercress Junction:
- 41.487464, -113.558286
- 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 Watercress 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 Box Elder County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Box Elder County
- Since Watercress Junction is near Elko County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- eBird sighting report for Elko 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
Curious and Interesting Names Near Watercress 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.
- Bovine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bovine. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovine
- Bovine is located in Box Elder County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Bovine
- From Watercress Junction to Bovine
- Grouse Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grouse Creek
- Grouse Creek is located in Box Elder County
- Former name for Grouse Creek:
- Grouse Creek Fort
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grouse Creek <2>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Grouse Creek
- From Watercress Junction to Grouse Creek
- Grouse Creek Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Grouse Creek Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grouse Creek Junction
- Grouse Creek Junction is located in Box Elder County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Grouse Creek Junction
- From Watercress Junction to Grouse Creek Junction
- Hogup
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hogup. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogup
- Hogup is located in Box Elder County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Hogup
- From Watercress Junction to Hogup
- Lynn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lynn. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Lynn is located in Box Elder County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Lynn
- From Watercress Junction to Lynn
- Pigeon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pigeon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- Pigeon is located in Box Elder County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Pigeon
- From Watercress Junction to Pigeon
- Terrace ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Terrace. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace
- Terrace is located in Box Elder County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Terrace
- From Watercress Junction to Terrace
How Far From Watercress Junction 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 Watercress Junction 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 Watercress Junction once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Watercress Junction and extending to:
- Brigham City, which is the Seat of Box Elder County, lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<4> to the east. If you could drive a straight line from Watercress Junction to Brigham City, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 99 miles [159.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,920 miles [3,089.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 75 days and walking would take 109 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,994 miles [11,255.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,763 miles [12,493.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,760 miles [9,269.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Box Elder County: www.boxeldercounty.org/
The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <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 Watercress Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Watercress Junction) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Watercress Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4875, Longitude: -113.5583 |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Watercress Junction to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 333.311 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 333.181 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.696 degrees. |