Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Winter Quarters, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Winter Quarters and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Winter Quarters

• 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 Winter Quarters:
  • 39.720518, -111.187673
  • 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 Winter Quarters

• 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 Carbon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Carbon County
  • Since Winter Quarters is near Emery County and also Sanpete County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Emery County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Sanpete 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 Winter Quarters

Curious and Interesting Names Near Winter Quarters ...

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.

• Beaver Dams
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Beaver Dams is located in Sanpete County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dams
  • Beaver Dams has also been known as:
  • Beaver Dams Summer Homes Area
• Clear Creek
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Clear Creek is located in Carbon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
• Coal City
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Coal City is located in Carbon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
  • Former names for Coal City:
  • Cedar Mesa Ranch
  • Dempsey City
  • Dempseyville
  • Great Western
  • Oak Springs Bench
• Consumers ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Consumers is located in Carbon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Consumers
• Mutual ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Mutual is located in Carbon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
• National ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • National is located in Carbon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for National
• Oak Creek
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Oak Creek is located in Sanpete County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Creek
• Rains ‑ Historic
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Rains is located in Carbon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains
• Standardville ‑ Historic
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Standardville is located in Carbon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standardville
• Sweet ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Sweet is located in Carbon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet

How Far From Winter Quarters 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 Winter Quarters 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 Winter Quarters once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Winter Quarters and extending to:

• Price, which is the Seat of Carbon County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Winter Quarters to Price, 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 81 miles [130.4 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,814 miles [2,919.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 71 days and walking would take 103 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,044 miles [11,336.2 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 7,812 miles [12,572.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,779 miles [9,300.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'