Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Zane, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Zane and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Zane
- 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 Zane:
- 37.925395, -113.583402
- 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 Zane
- 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 Iron County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Iron County
- Since Zane is near Washington County and also Beaver County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Washington County
- eBird sighting report for Beaver 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 Zane ...
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.
- Deer Lodge ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lodge
- Deer Lodge is located in Lincoln County (NV)
- Desert Mound ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Desert Mound have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desert Mound
- Desert Mound is located in Iron County
- Desert Springs ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Desert Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desert Springs
- Desert Springs is located in Iron County
- Enterprise
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Enterprise is located in Washington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,970 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enterprise <3>
- Fay ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west) - Hebron ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Hebron is located in Washington County
- Heist ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west) - Iron Mountain
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iron Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Mountain
- Iron Mountain is located in Iron County
- Iron Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iron Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Springs
- Iron Springs is located in Iron County
- Little Pinto ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Little Pinto. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Pinto
- Little Pinto is located in Iron County
- Little Pinto has also been known as:
- Page Ranch
- Old Irontown
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Irontown
- Old Irontown is located in Iron County
- Old Irontown has also been known as:
- Iron City
- Irontown
How Far From Zane 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 Zane 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<4> community of Zane once stood, the straight-line distance<5> beginning in Zane and extending to:
- Parowan, which is the Seat of Iron County, lies 41 miles [66 km]<5> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Zane to Parowan, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 215 miles [346 km] to the north northeast (NNE). 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 1,965 miles [3,162.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 77 days and walking would take 112 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,214 miles [11,609.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,982 miles [12,845.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,956 miles [9,585.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Iron County: www.ironnet.org/
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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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 Zane, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Zane) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Zane. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9254, Longitude: -113.5834 In this case, the coordinates for Zane have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Zane to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.963 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.48 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.905 degrees. |