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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 White Canyon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to White Canyon 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 White Canyon:
- 37.809989, -110.432086
- 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 White Canyon
- 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 White Canyon is near Garfield County and also Kane County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Garfield County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kane 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 White Canyon
Curious and Interesting Names Near White Canyon ...
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.
- Bullfrog
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle City ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle City is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Eggnog ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Eggnog is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eggnog
- Fry Canyon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fry Canyon is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fry Canyon
- Gravel Crossing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gravel Crossing is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Crossing
- Halls Crossing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Soldier Crossing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Soldier Crossing is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldier Crossing
- Three Forks
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Three Forks is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks
How Far From White Canyon 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 White Canyon 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<2> community of White Canyon once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in White Canyon and extending to:
- Monticello, which is the Seat of San Juan County, lies 59 miles [95 km]<3> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from White Canyon to Monticello, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 218 miles [350.8 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,799 miles [2,895.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 71 days and walking would take 103 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,139 miles [11,489.1 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 7,906 miles [12,723.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,857 miles [9,425.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 White Canyon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- White Canyon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 White Canyon 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 White Canyon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8100, Longitude: -110.4321 In this case, the coordinates for White Canyon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 330.471 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 329.502 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.129 degrees. |
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