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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 Beckwith, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Beckwith and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Beckwith:
    • 41.911608, -110.967132
    • 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 Beckwith
  • 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 Lincoln County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
    • Since Beckwith is near Rich County and also Bear Lake County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rich County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bear Lake 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 Beckwith

Communities Also Named Beckwith ...

We found ten communities that are also named Beckwith.

There is one other community in Wyoming that is also named Beckwith.

Beyond Wyoming, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Wyoming ...
    • Uinta County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Beckwith [Uinta County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Plumas County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Beckwith [Plumas County].
    • Illinois
      • Vermilion County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Beckwith [Vermilion County].
    • Iowa
      • Jefferson County
      • This Beckwith is located in Jefferson County and lies 988 miles [1,590 km]<2> to the east of the Beckwith that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Beckwith.
    • North Carolina
      • Beaufort County
      • This Beckwith is located in Beaufort County and lies 1,880 miles [3,025.6 km]<2> to the east of the Beckwith that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Beckwith.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Beckwith lies 2,327 miles [3,744.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Beckwith that is located in Lincoln County.
    • Oklahoma
      • Delaware County
      • This Beckwith is located in Delaware County and lies 955 miles [1,536.9 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Beckwith that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Beckwith.
    • Ontario
      • This Beckwith lies 1,746 miles [2,809.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Beckwith that is located in Lincoln County.
    • Tennessee
      • Wilson County
      • This Beckwith is located in Wilson County and lies 1,366 miles [2,198.4 km]<2> to the east of the Beckwith that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilson County community of Beckwith.
    • West Virginia
      • Fayette County
      • This Beckwith is located in Fayette County and lies 1,590 miles [2,558.9 km]<2> to the east of the Beckwith that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Beckwith.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Beckwith ...

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.

  • Border
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Border is located in Bear Lake County (ID)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border
  • Border Junction
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Border Junction is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border Junction
  • Cokeville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Fossil
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Fossil is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fossil
  • Harer
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Harer is located in Bear Lake County (ID)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harer
  • Pickelville ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Pickelville is located in Rich County (UT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickelville
  • Pixley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Pixley is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pixley
  • Randolph
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Round Valley ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Round Valley is located in Rich County (UT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Valley
  • Sage
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Sage is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage
  • Sage Creek ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Sage Creek is located in Rich County (UT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage Creek
  • Sage Creek Junction ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Sage Creek Junction is located in Rich County (UT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage Creek Junction
  • Turnpike
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Turnpike is located in Bear Lake County (ID)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnpike

How Far From Beckwith 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 Beckwith to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Beckwith and extending to:

  • Kemmerer, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Beckwith to Kemmerer, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Cheyenne, which is the State Capital of Wyoming, lies 322 miles [518.2 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,784 miles [2,871.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 70 days and walking would take 102 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,906 miles [11,114.1 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 7,674 miles [12,350.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,654 miles [9,099.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Beckwith could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Beckwith) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Beckwith 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 Beckwith. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9116, Longitude: -110.9671       In this case, the coordinates for Beckwith have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.302 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 330.854 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.135 degrees.