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.
- 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:
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Emery County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
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)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dams
- Beaver Dams is located in Sanpete County
- Beaver Dams has also been known as:
- Beaver Dams Summer Homes Area
- Clear Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Clear Creek is located in Carbon County
- Coal City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Coal City is located in Carbon County
- 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) - Mutual ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - National ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Oak Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west) - Rains ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Standardville ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Standardville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standardville
- Standardville is located in Carbon County
- Sweet ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
How Far From Winter Quarters to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers 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<3> community of Winter Quarters once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Winter Quarters and extending to:
- Price, which is the Seat of Carbon County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<4> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Winter Quarters to Price, with an average speed<5> 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<6> 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).<7>
- 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).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,779 miles [9,300.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Carbon County: www.carboncountyutah.com/
The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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 Winter Quarters, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Winter Quarters) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Winter Quarters. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7205, Longitude: -111.1877 In this case, the coordinates for Winter Quarters have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Winter Quarters 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 331.27 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 330.622 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.436 degrees. |