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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 Zion Lodge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Zion Lodge 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 Zion Lodge:
- 37.250816, -112.956329
- 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 Zion Lodge
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Zion Lodge is near Kane County and also Mohave County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kane County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mohave 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 Zion Lodge
Curious and Interesting Names Near Zion Lodge ...
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.
- Adventure ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Adventure is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adventure
- Apple Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Big Plain Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Big Plain Junction is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Plain Junction
- Hurricane
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Little Zion ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Little Zion is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Zion
- Navajo lake Lodge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Navajo lake Lodge is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navajo lake Lodge
- Orderville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Rockville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Virgin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
How Far From Zion Lodge 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 Zion Lodge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Zion Lodge and extending to:
- Saint George, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 35 miles [56.3 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Zion Lodge to Saint George, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two 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 248 miles [399.1 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 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,943 miles [3,127 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 76 days and walking would take 111 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,239 miles [11,650 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 8,007 miles [12,886 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,973 miles [9,612.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Zion Lodge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Zion Lodge 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 Zion Lodge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2508, Longitude: -112.9563 In this case, the coordinates for Zion Lodge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.384 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.733 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.573 degrees. |
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